1935 books WINNIE THE POOH vintage TIGGER & FRIENDS Baby A MILNE teddy BEAR For Sale

"THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER"1935

This sale is for an original 1938and 1935

2 BOOK SET

of

"WINNIE-THE-POOH"

books by

A. A. Milne.

Allare delightfully illustrated by

Ernest H. Shepard.

YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET !!!

Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once

referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. The

character first appeared in book form in Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at

Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included several poems about Winnie-the-Pooh in

the children's poetry books When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. All

four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard. The hyphens in the character's

name were later dropped when The Walt Disney Company adapted the Pooh

stories into a series of Winnie the Pooh featurettes that became one of the

company's most successful franchises worldwide.

ALL PAGES ARE PRESENT!!! in both books. They are both securely bound with

no scribbling, destructive markings, or tears. A few of the illustrations have been

neatly and artistically colored in by a non-juvenile in Winnie the Pooh, as

pictured.This is a beautiful set of books so...

GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!!!

HISTORY OF POOH BEAR

During the first World War troops from Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)

were being transported to eastern Canada, on their way overseas to

Europe where they should join the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade.

When the train stopped at White River, Ontario, a lieutenant called

Harry Colebourn bought a small female black bear cub for $20 from a

hunter who had killed its mother. He named her "Winnipeg," after his

hometown of Winnipeg, or "Winnie" for short. Winnie became the

mascot of the Brigade and went to Britain with the unit. When the

Brigade was posted to the battlefields of France, Lt. Colebourn took

Winnie to the London Zoo for a long loan. Formally Colebourn

presented the London Zoo with Winnie in December 1919 where it

became a popular attraction and lived until 1934. The bear was also

very popular by Christopher Robin, son of author A.A. Milne. It was his

favorite at the zoo, and he often spent time inside the cage with it. The

bear was Christopher Robin's inspiration for calling his own teddy bear

Winnie....Winnie the Pooh (this teddy bear started out with the name of

Edward Bear). The name of Pooh originally belonged to a swan, as can

be seen in a poem from Milne's When We Were Very Young. A. A. Milne

started to write a series of books about Winnie the Pooh, his son

Christopher Robin, and their friends at 100-Aker-Wood. These other

characters, such as Eeyore, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga and Roo were also

based on stuffed animals belonging to Christopher Robin. Other

characters as Rabbit and Owl were based on animals that lived, just

like the swan Pooh, in the surrounding area of Milne's country home

Cotchford Farm in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, on which 100-Aker-wood

was based.