Return to the Hundred Acre Wood.**

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4,so 1st edn,3rd impression.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork decorations by Mark Burgess,illustrated dw/dj panels,with gilt,white and blue lettering to front,yellow+white letters to spine and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original paper-covered,coloured illustrated boards and immaculate environs coloured pictorial map illustrated endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,1-201pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,4 full-colour,full page,1 double-page full- colour,profuse part-page border edge and thumbnail illustrations in the text - all in colour and all by Mark Burgess; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated half-title+title pages,a dedication,an exposition, acknowledgements,contents list/table,with colour frntis to recto and all contributors; Milne,Shepard,Benedictus and Burgess,potted biographies as last page.
In the eighty years that have passed since A. A. Milne last visited the Hundred Acre Wood,millions of readers have befriended the world's best-loved Bear of Very Little Brain.Happily,eighty years is but a day in the enchanted place at the top of the Forest,and Pooh and his friends have never stopped playing.Among the new adventures in this volume of ten stories,the animals anticipate the return of Christopher Robin, meet a new friend,and solve the mystery of some missing bees. Capturing the spirit of A. A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard's original work,'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood' will charm readers of all ages. David Benedictus's stories were inspired by his familiarity with Pooh's adventures after having worked on audio book adaptations of previous Winnie-the-Pooh tales.The author of over twenty books,he has also worked as a journalist,director, and teacher.In writing 'Return to the Hundred Acre Wood',Mr. Benedictus hopes to "both complement and maintain Milne's idea that whatever happens,a little boy and his Bear will always be playing." Mark Burgess has been illustrating children's books for many years and has drawn countless classic characters,including Paddington Bear and Winnie-the-Pooh.He spends his free time reading,gardening,and walking in the woods near his home in south-west England,where he lives with his wife and cat.Mr. Burgess illustrated this sequel in the style of E.H. Shepard with the approval of Mr. Shepard's estate. A. A. Milne (1882-1956) was a playwright and a journalist as well as a poet and storyteller.Inspired by his son,Christopher Robin, Milne published his first stories about Pooh in 1926.An instant success,Milne's children's books have since sold millions of copies and have been translated into fifty languages. Ernest.H. Shepard (1879-1976) gained renown as a cartoonist and illustrator.His witty and loving illustrations of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends have become an inseparable part of the Pooh stories. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/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.
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