The House at Pooh Corner. With Colour Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen Children’s Books, 1974. First Edition Thus. Publisher’s red cloth boards pictorially blocked in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket, colour map endpapers depicting ‘Hundred Acre Wood.’ Jacket price-clipped & with gift inscription to flap, otherwise a nice bright copy.

First published with black and white illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard in 1928, now appearing for the first time with his delightful drawings in colour.

Milne’s final Pooh book and the one when he introduced a new character “Tigger.”

Christopher Robin was growing up, soon to leave for boarding school, and The House at Pooh Corner would be a farewell. But first there was an introduction to be made. Milne had bought his son a stuffed tiger, “Tigger”, and told Shepard that he was longing to see the illustrations for this new character, who would become one of the author’s most popular creations.