Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, second printing hardcover copy of The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff in a price-clipped dust jacket. First Edition stated, 1982 E. P. Dutton. Second Printing with incomplete number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, foxed page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rounded spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, and the price clipped from the front flap.
Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world’s most beloved bear, and Pooh’s Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism.
Small volume (7.5 x 5.5 x .75″) ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
