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First edition, signed limited issue, number 199 of 350 copies signed by both the author and illustrator, and printed on handmade large paper. The final book in Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh series introduces Tigger and the game of Poohsticks. It was published in the UK in three issues, comprising the regular trade issue, the present limited issue, and an extra-limited issue of 20 copies bound in vellum. Critics received the work 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, p. 336). This copy is from the collection of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Magazine and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections; his book label is loosely inserted. Quarto. Original blue quarter cloth, printed paper title label on front cover, edges uncut. With dust jacket. Line drawings by E. H. Shepard. Light foxing to title label and top edge, small wear to lower corners, text clean; unclipped jacket faintly soiled, a couple of nicks, 3 cm closed tear to head of front panel: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Payne IVB. Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne. His Life, 1990.

The House at Pooh Corner is a children's book by A.A. Milne, featuring Christopher Robin and his friends, including Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger. This book introduces the character Tigger.