Books

First Edition. 1st American edition, first printing from Dutton. Lacking dust jacket. Bound in green cloth with gilt vignette, lettering, and ruling to the top board and spine. Minor wear to the extremities, gilt slightly rubbed. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Winnie-the-Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A.A. Milne. The first collection of stories about the character was the book 'Winnie-the-Pooh' (1926), and this was followed by 'The House at Pooh Corner' (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children's verse book 'When We Were Very Young' (1924) and many more in 'Now We Are Six' (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E.H. Shepard.

The true first editions of 'Winnie-the-Pooh' were published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London in 1926. They are characterized by a green cloth cover with gold gilt decorations and would not have a dust jacket. The book has the publisher's name on the spine and title page. Later editions may differ in terms of cover, imprint, and illustrations. True first editions can also be identified by errors on page ix, which list the second chapter as 'Chapter II. In which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place' – whereas it was eventually titled '…and Gets into a Tight Place'.