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[Winnie-the-Pooh Books].

When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner.

Stock Code 107826

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924; 1926; 1927; 1928.

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A complete set. Milne's first volume, When We Were Very Young, was published in November 1924 and was such a resounding success that the subsequent three titles followed in quick succession. This is a superior set of first editions with the very rare first issue of the first title, near-fine internally.

First editions, 'When We Were Very Young', first issue with p.ix NOT numbered; 8vo; illustrations; 'When We Were Very Young', neat ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, slight sunning to spine, jacket with light toning to spine and panels, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1 or 2 short tears with light creasing to head and foot, professional restoration to head of spine, extremities a little rubbed; 'Winnie-the-Pooh', map endpapers (very light browning), jacket with light toning to spine, neat and professional repairs and restorations to spine, corners and along upper fore-edge, repaired tear straying into upper panel; 'Now We Are Six', pictorial endpapers, spine slightly darkened, light toning to jacket spine and head of upper panel, spine with chip to foot, minor chipping to tip of spine and corners, some light surface soiling, short nick to head; 'The House at Pooh Corner', pictorial endpapers (very light browning), jacket spine with light toning, minor chipping and light creasing to spine tips and corners; all in publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, top edge gilt, dust-jackets, a very good set; preserved in a custom-made slip-case.

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[Winnie-the-Pooh Books].

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

Stock code: 107826

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