The House at Pooh Corner. MILNE, A. A.

First edition, signed limited issue, number 115 of 350 large paper copies, signed by both the author and illustrator. "The House at Pooh Corner is probably now the most loved and popular of all [of the Pooh books]. It introduces Tigger and the game of Poohsticks." (Thwaite, The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh, p. 109). Published on 11 October 1928, The House at Pooh Corner was received by critics with a delight tinged by sadness. "The Times Literary Supplement congratulated Milne on avoiding 'the temptation to repeat his successful formula mechanically', though it was 'sad to see the stories end'" (Thwaite, A. A. Milne: his Life, p. 336). The book was published in the UK in three issues: an extra limited issue of 20 copies bound in vellum, the present limited issue of 350 copies on large paper, and a regular trade issue. John R. Payne, "Four Children's Books by A. A. Milne", Studies in Bibliography, vol. 23, 1970, pp. 127-39, item IVB; Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne. His Life, 1990; Ann Thwaite, The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh, 1992. Quarto (219 x 176 mm). Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in pink morocco, spine lettered and decorated gilt, raised bands, multiple pictorial blocks to boards gilt, decoration to turn-ins gilt, moiré silk doublures, top edge gilt, others untrimmed A fine copy.