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Alan Alexander (aa) Milne

Male : Humorist, Novelist and Poet. Married Daphne de Selincourt in 1913. Their son, Christopher Robin, became the character in Milne's books
Nationality : English Place of Birth : London

Date of Birth : 1882 Date of Death : 1956 Age : 74

Other Work : Freelance Journalist

Education : Westminster School & Trinity College, Cambridge
1905-1910
Lovers in London
(1905 Alston Rivers)
The Day's Play
(1910 Methuen) - sketches

1911-1915
The Holiday Round
(1912 Methuen) - sketches
Once a Week
(1914 Methuen)
Happy Days
(1915 Doran US)

1916-1920
Once Upon a Time : A Fairy Story
(1917 Hodder & Stoughton) - H M Brock
(1925 Hodder & Stoughton) - Charles Robinson
Not that it Matters
(1919 Methuen)
First Plays
(1919 Chatto & Windus)
Contains : Wurzel-Flummery, The Lucky One, The Boy Comes Home, Belinda, & The Red Feathers
If I May
(1920)

1921-1922
The Sunny Side
(1921)
Second Plays
(1921 C & W)
Contains : Make Believe, Mr Pim Passes By, The Camberley Triangle, The Romantic Age
& The Stepmother
Mr Pim
(1921 H & S)
The Red House Mystery
(1922 Methuen) (1922 Dutton, US)
Three Plays
(1922 Putnam) (1923 C & W)
Contains : The Dover Road, The Truth about Blayds & The Great Broxopp
[The Dover Road filmed in 1934 as "Where Sinners Meet"]

1923-1924
Success
(1923 C & W)
The Man in the Bowler Hat : A Terribly Exciting Affair
(1923 French UK & US)
When We Were Very Young
(1924 Methuen) (1924 Dutton) - [1st Pooh Book.] Ernest H Shepard
+ 100 numbered & signed by Milne & Shepard copies
(1924 Methuen)
When We Were Very Young
(1924 Methuen - 2nd Ed)
Vespers : A Poem
(1924 Methuen) - Music by H Fraser-Simson. Ernest H Shepard
Fourteen Songs
(1924 Methuen) - Music by H Fraser-Simson. Ernest H Shepard

1925
Make-Believe : A Children's Play
(1925 Methuen) - lyrics by C E Burton
A Gallery of Children
(1925 Stanley Paul) + 500 numbered & signed - H Willebeek le Mair
Signed Edition offered in 1991 for £250 & 1995 for £485
A Gallery of Children
(1925 David McKay, NY) - H Willebeek le Mair
For the Luncheon Interval : Cricket & other Verses
(1925 Methuen)
The King's Breakfast
(1925 Methuen) - Music by H Fraser-Simson. Ernest H Shepard
Once Upon a Time : A Fairy Story
(1925 Hodder & stoughton) - Charles Robinson

1926
Winnie the Pooh
(1926 Methuen) (1926 Dutton) - Ernest H Shepard
+ De Luxe Edition in slipcase + 350 signed by Shepard & Milne
Signed Edition offered in 1995 for £2500
[By 2003 total UK sales of this book had reached over 50 million copies]
Winnie the Pooh
(1926 Methuen 2nd Ed) - Ernest H Shepard
Teddy Bear and Other Songs
(1926 Methuen) - Music by H Fraser-Simson. Ernest H Shepard
+ 100 numbered & signed by all three
Four Plays
(1926 Chatto & Windus)
Contains : To Have the Honour, Meet the Prince, Ariadne, Portrait of a Gentleman
in Slippers & Success
Miss Marlowe at Play
(1926 French, US & UK)
The Ivory Door
(1926 C & W)

1927-1928
Now We Are Six
(1927 Methuen) (1927 Dutton) - verse. + 200 signed by Author & Ernest H Shepard
+ De Luxe Edition in slipcase
Songs from Now We are Six
(1927 Methuen) - Music by H Fraser-Simson. Ernest H Shepard
+ 100 numbered and signed by all three
More Very Young Songs
(1928 Methuen) - Music by H Fraser-Simson. Ernest H Shepard
+ 100 signed by all three
The House at Pooh Corner
(1928 Methuen) (1928 Dutton) + 350 signed by Author & Artist.
Ernest H Shepard
UK First offered in 1995 for £250 & £450
+ de Luxe Edition in slipcase + 350 signed by Milne and Shepard
The Christopher Robin Calendar
(1928 Methuen) - verse. Ernest H Shepard
The Ascent of Man
(Affirmations) (1928 Ernest Benn)

1929-1930
By Way of Introduction
(1929 Methuen)
(1929 Dutton, NY) + 166 Large paper numbered and signed
Those Were the Days
(1929 Methuen)
The Christopher Robin Story Book
(1929 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
+ 350 Numbered & Signed by Author & Artist
(1929 NY)
The Secret & Other Stories
(1929 Methuen / Fountain Press, US) - 742 signed
The Hums of Pooh
(1929 Methuen) - Music by H Fraser-Simson. Ernest H Shepard
+ 100 signed by all three
Toad of Toad Hall : A Play taken from K G's the Wind in the Willows
(1929 Methuen)
+ 200 numbered/signed by Milne & Ernest H Shepard
Signed Edition offered in 1995 for £1800
Tales of Pooh
(1930 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
The Pooh Calendar
(1930 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
The Fourth Wall, or The Perfect Alibi
(1930 French, UK & US)
Michael and Mary
(1930 C & W) - 260 signed
When I Was Very Young
(1930 Fountain Press, NY) - 842 signed. Ernest H Shepard
The Christopher Robin Birthday Book
(1930 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard

1931-1935
Two People
(1931 Methuen)
Four Plays
(1932 Putnam US)
Contains : Michael & Mary, Meet the Prince, The Fourth Wall & Portrait of a Gentleman in Slippers
The Christopher Robin Verses
(1932 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
Four Days' Wonder
(1933 Methuen) (1933 Dutton)
Sarah Simple
(1933)
Peace With Honour
(1934 Methuen) - a plea against war
More Plays
(1935 C & W)
Contains : The Ivory Door, The Fourth Wall & Other People's Lives

1936-1950
Miss Elizabeth Bennett
(1936 C & W)
It's Too Late Now : The Autobiography of a Writer
(1939 Methuen)
Four Plays
(1939 Penguin)
Contains : To Have the Honour, Belinda, The Dover Road, & Mr Pim Passes By
Behind the Lines
(1940 Methuen)
War with Honour
(1940 Macmillan)
War Aims Unlimited
(1941 Methuen) - pamphlet
The Ugly Duckling
(1941 French)
The Pocket Milne
(1941 Dutton) (1942 Methuen)
Chloe Marr
(1946 Methuen)
Introducing Winnie the Pooh
(1947 Methuen) (1947 US)
Birthday Party & Other Stories
(1948 Dutton, US) (1949 Methuen)
The Norman Church
(1948 Methuen)
A Table Near the Band & Other Stories
(1950 Methuen)

1951 Onwards
Before the Flood
(1951 French, UK & US)
Year In, Year Out
(1952 Methuen)
Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore's Tail
(1953 Methuen) - a pop-up picture book
Winnie the Pooh and the Bees
(1953 Methuen) - a pop-up picture book
The World of Pooh
(1958 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
The World of Christopher Robin
(1959 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
The Pooh Story Book
(1965 Dutton) (1967 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
Prince Rabbit and The Princess who Could Not Laugh
(1966 Ward Lock) - Mary Shepard
The Christopher Robin Verse Book
(1969 Methuen) - Ernest H Shepard
Winnie the Pooh
(1971 Methuen) - repro of the orig MS in slipcase
Winnie the Pooh
(1973 Methuen) - first colour illustrated edition by Ernest H Shepard
When we Were Very Young
(1974 Methuen) - Shepard.
300 numbered & signed by Christopher Milne
The House at Pooh Corner
(1974 Methuen) - first colour illustrated edition by Ernest H Shepard
Winnie the Pooh Stories
(1976 Methuen) - 300 numbered & signed by Christopher Milne
Now We Are Six
(1976 Methuen) - 300 numbered & signed by Christopher Milne
Winnie the Pooh : Complete Collection of Stories & Poems
(1994 Methuen £29.99) - Ernest H Shepard

READING
Frederick C Crews : The Pooh Perplex - A Freshman Casebook
(1964 Dutton NY)
Christopher Milne : The Enchanted Places
(1974 Eyre Methuen) (1975 Dutton)
Christopher Milne : The Path Through the Trees
(1974 Eyre Methuen)
Brian Sibley : A A Milne - A Hand List of His Writings for Children
(1976 Henry Pootle Press)
(Ed) Rawle Knox : The Work of E H Shepard (1979 Methuen)
Christopher Milne : The Hollow on the Hill
(1982 Eyre Methuen)
(Ed) Brian Sibley : The Pooh Sketch Book (1982 Methuen)
Tori Haring-Smith : A A Milne - A Critical Bibliography
(1982 Garland, NY)
Ann Thwaite : A A Milne - His Life
(1990 Faber £17.50)
Ann Thwaite : The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh
(1992 Methuen £14.99)
Jackie Wullschlarger : Inventing Wonderland
(1995 Methuen £25)

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