101 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS Author-Corrected Advance Rough Proof Of A. A. Milne’s Collection Of Short Stories 111MILNE, A. A. Birthday Party and Other Stories. London, 1949. Small octavo, original pre-publication brown wrappers lettered “Rough Proof.” $4200 Advance page proofs of the first English edition, with extensive corrections on the Foreword in Milne’s hand, initialed at the bottom by him. In 1948 the famous author of Winnie-the-Pooh prepared a collection of 15 short stories intended for the adult audience— in keeping with the three earlier collections of his articles from Punch. In his edits, he rewrites several sentences for clarity, and adjusts the Foreword’s information for his English audience, as the Foreword was originally written for the American edition. In total he adds or changes 39 words, and deletes 27 words. Fine condition. “Beloved By Generations Of Children And Adults” 112CRUIKSHANK, George. The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen. London and New York, circa 1920. Octavo, contemporary full red morocco gilt, custom slipcase. $1250 Later edition, with 42 full-page and in-text illustrations, five by Cruikshank. Beautifully bound by BayntunRiviere in a Kelliegram-style binding with inlaid portrait of Baron Munchausen. Rudolph Erich Raspe, a German scholar, poet, and scoundrel, anonymously wrote a forty-nine page pamphlet entitled Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, published in 1785 and centered around the adventures of the German nobleman Hieronymus Munchhausen, “said to have lived from 1720-97, to have served in the Russian army against the Turks, and to have been in the habit of grossly exaggerating his experiences” (Drabble, 678). The stories are “beloved by generations of children and adults” (Quayle, 133). This illustrated edition was first published in 1867. Fine condition, a lovely volume.
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