1917 Once On A Time

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and four black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A fairytale telling the story of the war between the kingdoms of Euralia and Barodia and the political shenanigans which take place in Euralia in the king's absence. The entire story was supposedly rewritten by Milne from the original writings of the fictional historian "Roger Scurvilegs". Written by Alan Alexander Milne, an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children's poetry. Illustrated by Henry Matthew Brock, a British illustrator and landscape painter. Dated from the University of Cambridge Libraries.