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

£15,000
Illustrator

Shepard, Ernest H.

Author

Milne, A.A.

Reference

1553

Four volumes, 1924-1928 - 'When We Were Very Young', published 1924, [6], vii-x, [2], 99pp, [1]; 'Winnie-The-Pooh', published 1926, [8], ix- xi, [4], 2-158pp, [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]. Original cloth in DJ's, t.e.g. 

DJ's very lightly soiled, a few minor nicks and tears, minor chipping to head of spine, but complete, except for the lower flap of 'When We Were Very Young', which has been excised. Some light browning to endpapers, occasional light foxing to edges of text block, but nothing intolerable. Crack between pages 16 and 17 in 'When We Were Very Young'. 'When We Were Very Young' is the second state with page ix so numbered; Winnie-The-Pooh has the correct '117th Thousand' to the lower flap; 'The House at Pooh Corner' with the correct advert to lower flap stating '179th Thousand'; all DJ's priced at 7/6

All housed in a leather backed drop back box

Year

1924-1928

Condition

Good+ / Good

Edition

First Edition

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