signed first edition
1933 · London
by Milne, A.A.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1933. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this meta murder mystery novel by the author of the Pooh books, with a wonderful 10-line original poem by Milne to a close friend about how little he is paid as the author of the book. This copy is inscribed to Vincent Seligman, a close friend of Milne's with whom he carried on a decades-long correspondence, as well as regular visits for tea or playing golf. An author himself, Seligman dedicated his book OXFORD ODDITIES to Milne in 1923, one year before Milne was launched to fame as the author of WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, the first Pooh (truncated)