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"IN THAT ENCHANTED PLACE ON THE TOP OF THE FOREST,
A LITTLE BOY AND HIS BEAR WILL ALWAYS BE PLAYING"

MILNE, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner

"What do you like best in the world, Pooh?"
"Well," said Pooh... "What I like best in the whole world is Me and Piglet going to see You, and You saying 'What about a little something?' and Me saying, 'Well, I shouldn't mind a little something, should you Piglet,' and it being a hummy sort of day outside, and birds singing."

FIRST EDITION of A.A. Milne's second collection of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends at Hundred Acre Wood.  Notable, in particular, for the introduction of Tigger, the invention of Poohsticks, and the poignant farewell to Christopher Robin as he prepares (it is presumed) to enter the adult world. Delightfully illustrated throughout by Ernest Shepard.

London: Methuen and Co., Ltd, 1928. Octavo, original decorated cloth, original dust jacket. Book with fading to spine and top edge of cloth, some offsetting to endpapers; early owner inscription (1928) on half-title. Dust jacket in excellent condition with only a little bit of rubbing to spine and spine ends. $2200.

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