RUSHVILLE, OHIO – A rare signed 1928 full vellum first edition of The House at Pooh Corner sold for $19,500 at Mike Clum Inc., on July 19. The copy was number 12 of 20, published by London company Methuen & Co., on Japanese vellum and signed in ink on the limitation page by author A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard. The book featured a price notecard in the front that listed it at $85.

The sequel is notable as the final book from the “Winnie-the-Pooh” series and also the first to include Tigger.

The lot caught 37 bids before it was knocked down.

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