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MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator).

[A Complete Set of the Winnie-The-Pooh Books]

[A Complete Set of the Winnie-The-Pooh Books]

I. When We Were Very Young.
II. Winnie-the-Pooh.
III.Now We Are Six.
IV.The House at Pooh Corner.

Stock Code 100033

London, Methuen & Co., 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928.

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A charming collection of rhymes and verses, some of which, such as 'Us Two' and 'The Friend' feature Winnie-The-Pooh. The final one, 'The End' has the now famous final couplet;
'But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever.
So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.'

First editions, first impressions of the four Pooh books, When We Were Very Young in the second state, with the page number ix present in the preliminary leaves; 4 vols, 8vo (192 x 130 mm); illustrated throughout by E.H. Shepard, the third title with neat, contemporary ink ownership and browning, otherwise very good; modern full morocco in the respective cloth colour of the original and also with the relevant gilt blocks to front covers, original illustrated 'map' endpapers to Winnie-The-Pooh, all edges gilt and contained within a custom-made slip-case.

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