WINNIE THE POOH
Methuen & Co, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
First Edition, First Printing: Beautiful FINE book with the scarce original fine/near fine first edition, first state dust jacket. A magnificent copy.
The book has vibrant green cloth boards still maintaining their original sheen, with bright unfaded gilt titles to front and spine. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no bookplates, no bookstore stamps and no stains but with some of the common offsetting. The internal pages are clean and bright with No handling marks, No stains, No writing, No bent pages and No foxing. Bright gilt to the top of the page block as issued. Beautiful clean, highly collectible example of this title. Please see images.
The first state jacket is in fine/near fine condition with the requisite 117th Thousand on the rear flap, and the 7/6 Net price to the spine. The jacket benefited from slight restoration to the very outer spine tips and presents in near fine condition. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with almost no toning to the spine. The jacket has no edgewear, no chips, no stains, no rubbing, no rips, no fading and no foxing. Please see detailed images.
An outstanding copy of this title. Presents beautifully on the shelf
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Price: $12,500.00