Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill co., 1891. oblong 4to. Blue cloth-backed floral boards, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. unpaginated. First edition. BAL16743, Section II. Laid in is a Christmas gift inscription on a separate small card by James Whitcomb Riley to Miss Hilda Searle, dated 1893. The entire binding has been professionally rebacked. Moisture staining to both covers, but more severe to the front board. Minor soiling to the interior, else very good. A rare first issue.....
London: Methuen & Co., 1928. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket, custom chemise and quarter leather slipcase with five raised bands. xii, 178, (2) pages. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. First edition, of which this is one of 350 numbered copies signed by Milne and Shepard (Haring-Smith C108). This copy has a laid-in one-page handwritten letter dated 1926 from Milne presenting a Milne book to the owner. Dust jacket only slightly worn, spine of clamshell.....
