Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, limited deluxe edition issue of 20 copies, London: Methuen & Co., 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original vellum gilt, contained in cloth solander box, 4to (Quantity: 1) Limited edition of 20 copies on Japanese vellum. This copy inscribed "This is a presentation copy for A.A. Milne, esq", and signed by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard beneath, and inscribed in blue ink by A.A. Milne "and a wedding presentation copy for Priscilla, with love and best wishes from Blue, 21.xi..51" Bound-in with adhesive tape to rear endpaper and pastedown are two letters from the author to Priscilla Chester-Master, on Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, Sussex headed paper, the first dated 1. ix. 51, "I should have sent the enclosed before but I wanted to be sure what the latest official rates were for High-Class-Typing-by-Oxford-Trained-Amanuensis and now I have found out here is a cheque with my love and my thanks. You have really been very helpful, and if you didn't go running around the country marrying farmers, Heaven knows what we mightn't have written next. As it is, I shall probably go in for sculpture instead. It seems easier. And you, poor child, will waste your talents on monthly returns, in triplicate of artificial manures and oil-cake, Ah me!, Yours affectionately and gratefully, Blue". The other letter, dated November 21, 1951, reads "All luck, most dear Priscilla. My thoughts for you would fill a whole book of moods and tenses; But my amanuensis has left me, Fate has blessed her with a better master (Chester-with). A.A. Milne". The dedicatee was Priscilla Lutyens (great niece of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens , A.A. Milne's neighbour at Posingford Farm. She would walk across the fields to Cotchford Farm to type the manuscript for his collection of stories A Table Near the Band (1950). She continued typing for him until her engagement to Richard Chester-Master, and remained in contact with him until his death in 1956. 'Blue' was A.A. Milne's nickname and used by his close friends and family, apparently because of the colour of his eyes but also perhaps due to his perpetual glum demeanour. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Bristol Children's Hospital.
Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner, limited deluxe edition issue of 20 copies, London: Methuen & Co., 1928, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original vellum gilt, contained in cloth solander box, 4to (Quantity: 1) Limited edition of 20 copies on Japanese vellum. This copy inscribed "This is a presentation copy for A.A. Milne, esq", and signed by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard beneath, and inscribed in blue ink by A.A. Milne "and a wedding presentation copy for Priscilla, with love and best wishes from Blue, 21.xi..51" Bound-in with adhesive tape to rear endpaper and pastedown are two letters from the author to Priscilla Chester-Master, on Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, Sussex headed paper, the first dated 1. ix. 51, "I should have sent the enclosed before but I wanted to be sure what the latest official rates were for High-Class-Typing-by-Oxford-Trained-Amanuensis and now I have found out here is a cheque with my love and my thanks. You have really been very helpful, and if you didn't go running around the country marrying farmers, Heaven knows what we mightn't have written next. As it is, I shall probably go in for sculpture instead. It seems easier. And you, poor child, will waste your talents on monthly returns, in triplicate of artificial manures and oil-cake, Ah me!, Yours affectionately and gratefully, Blue". The other letter, dated November 21, 1951, reads "All luck, most dear Priscilla. My thoughts for you would fill a whole book of moods and tenses; But my amanuensis has left me, Fate has blessed her with a better master (Chester-with). A.A. Milne". The dedicatee was Priscilla Lutyens (great niece of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens , A.A. Milne's neighbour at Posingford Farm. She would walk across the fields to Cotchford Farm to type the manuscript for his collection of stories A Table Near the Band (1950). She continued typing for him until her engagement to Richard Chester-Master, and remained in contact with him until his death in 1956. 'Blue' was A.A. Milne's nickname and used by his close friends and family, apparently because of the colour of his eyes but also perhaps due to his perpetual glum demeanour. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Bristol Children's Hospital.
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