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MILNE, Alan Alexander (1882-1956). When We Were Young. -- Winnie-the-Pooh. -- Now We Are Six. -- The House at Pooh Corner. All London: Methuen and Co. 1924-1928.
4 volumes, 8o (189 x 126 mm). Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Original gilt decorated cloth, top edges gilt; dust jackets (minor chipping to some ends of spine panels, minor staining and light dust soiling to side panels); each in cloth chemise together in quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Bertha Johnson (bookplate in When We Were Very Young) -- purchased as a set from Inman's Book Shop, New York, 11 August 1970.
FIRST EDITIONS, first issue of When We Were Very Young, with page IX unnumbered. A FINE SET OF THE POOH BOOKS. (4)
4 volumes, 8o (189 x 126 mm). Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. Original gilt decorated cloth, top edges gilt; dust jackets (minor chipping to some ends of spine panels, minor staining and light dust soiling to side panels); each in cloth chemise together in quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Bertha Johnson (bookplate in When We Were Very Young) -- purchased as a set from Inman's Book Shop, New York, 11 August 1970.
FIRST EDITIONS, first issue of When We Were Very Young, with page IX unnumbered. A FINE SET OF THE POOH BOOKS. (4)