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

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

£6,500
Illustrator

Shepard, Ernest H.

Publisher

Methuen and Co. Ltd.

Author

Milne, A.A.

Reference

1509

Four volumes - 'When We Were Very Young', published 1924, [6], vii-x, [2], 99pp, [1]; 'Winnie-The-Pooh', published 1926, [6], ix- xi, [3], 158pp, [2]; 'Now We Are Six', published 1927, [6], vii-x, [2], 103pp, [1]; and 'The House At Pooh Corner', published 1928, [6], vii-xi, [1], 178pp, [2]. Recently rebound in full morocco by Temple Bookbinders, raised bands, spines in six panels with title labels to second panels, matching author labels to fourth, each upper panel with a replica of the vignette from the cloth bindings, gilt rolls to inner edges, a.e.g. Externally bright and clean. Internally a few instances of light finger soiling to margins, the half title and imprint leaf to 'Now We Are Six' are browned, some foxing and light grease staining to pages 9-20 in 'The House at Pooh Corner', otherwise fairly bright and clean. Page ix is so numbered in 'When We Were Very Young', so is the second state. All housed in a cloth slipcase with fabric pull tab

Year

1924-1928

Condition

Very Good

Edition

First Edition

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