Item #106002 An original advance prospectus for 'The House at Pooh Corner'. A. A. MILNE.

An original advance prospectus for 'The House at Pooh Corner'

London, Methuen, 1928.

Small octavo (183 x 117 mm), [4] pages printed in red and black throughout, with 7 line illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard.

Slightly creased, with the second leaf lightly foxed and scored; overall in excellent condition.

'Ready in the Autumn, 1928' is printed across the top of the front page; the variant editions available include one 'on vellum, signed and limited to 20 copies' at 10 guineas. The spiel continues: 'Once more, and for the last time we meet Christopher Robin and his Friends in the Forest.... At the end Pooh makes, as far as his waist will permit, his farewell bow, hoping that if you hear no more of him and Christopher Robin, you will keep a friendly place in your hearts for them'. The other three pages advertise the first three books ('When We Were Very Young' is in its 169th Thousand), and numerous other Pooh-related publications and printed products (illustrated notepaper, and 'Vespers' on a decorated hanging card).

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