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The House at Pooh Corner

Book
1928 (published)
Artist/Maker
Methuen (publisher)
Milne, Alan Alexander (author)
Shepard, Ernest Howard (illustrator)
Place of origin
London (published)

Bound in the second half of the twentieth century in orange goatskin by Bayntun (Rivière), signed with stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Gold-tooling including illustrations after Shepard on upper board, floral motifs on spine, turn-ins; gilt edges; marbled endpapers. In a slipcase with first editions of When we were very young, Winnie-the-Pooh and Now we are six, all in matching bindings.

xi, [1], 178, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

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Object details

Categories
National Art Library
Children & Childhood
Illustration
Books
Object type
Book
TitleThe House at Pooh Corner (published title)
Materials and techniques
Leather bound printed book with line block illustrations
Printing Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Leather
Printing
Brief description
Book, 'The House at Pooh Corner', by A. A. Milne, illustrated by E.H. Shepard. London: Methuen, 1928, bound in orange goatskin. NAL Pressmark: 60.QQ.0027.
Physical description
Bound in the second half of the twentieth century in orange goatskin by Bayntun (Rivière), signed with stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Gold-tooling including illustrations after Shepard on upper board, floral motifs on spine, turn-ins; gilt edges; marbled endpapers. In a slipcase with first editions of When we were very young, Winnie-the-Pooh and Now we are six, all in matching bindings.

xi, [1], 178, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 19.1cm (Each book )
  • Paper width: 12.8cm (Each book)
  • Depth: 1.6cm (Each book)
Gallery label
(09/12/2017 - 08/04/2018)
Treasured Editions

Following the success of When We Were Very Young, Milne’s children’s books became collectors’ items. The owner of one prized set of first editions had them bound in fine decorated leather. Besides the standard cloth-bound copies, you could buy deluxe editions bound in leather and limited editions made in handmade paper or Japanese vellum, signed by the author and artist.
Some rare copies have exquisite pen and ink drawings by Shepard on the title page, probably specially commissioned.

[Group label Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic]
Other number
60.QQ.0027 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
38041008213217

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2016
Record URL
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