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MILNE**, CHRISTOPHER: : THE ENCHANTED PLACES. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.EYRE METHUEN,1977.

ISBN 0413317102.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,rpt.(1st edn HB was published 1974 and then reprinted in 1975 and,this edn,1977.) NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten personal,dedicated+dated,familial presentation gift inscrptn to his Auntie: 'To Auntie Winifred,with love,Chris. Christmas 1979.' on front free endpaper. Dw/dj price-clipped.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated b/w,gilt-edged,E.H. Shepard oval vignetted upper wrap with black lettering,subject's b/w contemporary portrait photographic illustrated rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,and minimal creasing - no nicks or tears present.Top+bottom edges to upper wrap lightly creased and spine/backstrip minimally sunned/faded.Top+fore-edges aged and toned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean with page-edge toning - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Bright,unblemished and sharp-cornered,publisher's original brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,gilt blocked Gill's Lap decoration/illustration,to upper board,and bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED, reprint,vi-xiiipp+1-169pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,contents+ illustrations lists/tables,b/w environs map of the Enchanted Places,an introduction,22 chapters+epilogue,8pp contemporary b/w photographs/ line illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book,b/w line Gill's Lap illustration chapter head-pieces; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,subject's b/w portrait photographic frntis,and dedication. Millions of readers throughout the world have grown up with the stories and verses of A.A. Milne about his son Christopher Robin,Winnie-the-Pooh and the other toy animals.What was it like to be the small boy about whom they were written - with the long hair,the smock and the Wellington boots? At the age of 54 Christopher Milne looks back and comes to terms with Christopher Robin,the child who never grows old,who has always followed him about,and who has often made his life a misery. For as he grew older and he and his prep school contemporaries began to put away childish things,he became increasingly aware of his burden and of his desire to escape from Christopher Robin. The book is about the life of the real Christopher Robin.It is therefore about the background of the poems and stories - the animals,the woods and river - and shows how much the real world and the fictional world corresponded. In spite of the problems of being Christopher Robin,Christopher Milne has written a happy book about a happy childhood on the twenties and thirties in London and Sussex.He describes the life of a moderately well-off family that has now almost vanished.Not the least interesting pages are those in which he "discovers" his parents and learns to love them for their very different qualities.The portrait of his father is memorable for the skill and sympathy with which he evokes a character at once shy and resolute,tactful and determined,and the rituals by which he lived.It is a story told with humour,modesty and good sense, whose interest will not be confined to lovers of his father's books. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,rpt.
'To Auntie Winifred,with love,Chris.Christmas 1979.'

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