Search Results: the christopher robin birthday book by aa milne

Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1/1/1938 12:00:00 AM. hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Hardback. No dust jacket. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains, however a few pages have minor tears. Inside cover page has been torn loose and in half. Previous owner's name label on inside cover. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

London: Methuen, 1930. First edition. Decorated by E.H. Shepard. 215, [1]pp. 12mo. Original red cloth, gilt vignette on upper cover, lettered in gilt. Spine faded. Very good. First edition. Decorated by E.H. Shepard. 215, [1]pp. 12mo.

London.: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1938.. Cloth.. Decorated by E.H. Shepard. 4th. edition. Covers worn. Corners & spine bumped & faded. Endpaper browned. Good.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Shepherd, E.H.. The boards are rubbed, but not badly; the back one is bumped at the lower outer edge as well as a small stain at the tail; and 21 birthdays have been noted, 11 in pecil, and all very neatly. A nice copy with historical connations as the book belonged to Margaret Coles, of Sir George Coles fame, possibly his daughter as his wife was also named Margaret.

UK: Methuen & Co Ltd., 1930. Book. Illus. by E.H. Shepard. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This little Christopher Robbin Birthday Book has red lightly faded boards and a heavier faded spine, there are also bumps to the corners, the text block has a previous owners name on the front endpaper, also some of the birthday dates have been filled with names, the text block edges are tanned and stained at the head., the book is still square and tight. Book price includes 2nd class parcel post in UK only..

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1931. First American Edition. This copy is signed by an amazing collection of 34 classic American publishers at a New York City gathering of the Publisher’s Lunch Club on November 3, 1932. The list of signatures include both Alfred Harcourt and Donald C. Brace (of Harcourt Brace), Edward H. Dodd (of Dodd Mead), Alexander Grosset (of Grosset & Dunlap), Bertram Lippincott (of J.P. Lippincott), Russell Doubleday (of Doubleday Doran), George P. Brett - R. M. Brett - Richard H. Thornton (of Macmillan Company) Whitney Darrow Sr. (of Charles Scribner’s Sons), Lincoln Mac Veigh (of The Dial Press), Ives Washburn, Harry P. Burt (of A.L. Burt), Herschell Brickell - John Macrae - John Macrae Jr. (of Henry Holt), Cass Canfield (of Harper & Brothers), George Shively (of Bobbs-Merrill), William Farquhar Payson (editor at NY Times, Vogue Magazine, and author), Richard J. Walsh (of John Day Company), Horace W. Stokes (of Frederick A. Stokes), Ives Washburn (of Ives Washburn Inc.), etc. The… Read More

London: Methuen, 1930. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket.

London: Methuern & Co, 1934. Third Edition. Near fine. E. H. Shepard. 12mo, 6 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches (158 x 120 mm); pp. vii + 215; original bright red cloth, gilt titling on front and spine, gilt illustration of Christopher Robin fishing, spine faded, endpapers yellowed, no dust jacket; overall the book is bright and clean condition. With an introduction by A.A. Milne and charmingly illustrated by Shepard. The book is designed with two dates per page and space to inscribe names; each page has a quotation chosen by A.A. Milne from 'When We Were Very Young', 'Winnie-The-Pooh', 'Now We Are Six', and 'The House at Pooh Corner', and accompanied by illustrations by E.H. Shepard ** Penned inscription on the FEP reads "P.M.R. Tolkien", Milne's last child and only daughter Priscilla Mary Anne Reuel Tolkien (born 18 June 1929); Blackwell's book label to pastedown "B.H. Blackwell Ltd. Booksellers, 50 and 51 Broad Street, Oxford." [Haring-Smith C113]. A charming piece of Tolkieniana. The 65 names filled in by… Read More