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MILNE, Alan Alexander. When We Were very Young. London: Methuen & Co., 1924. -- Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., 1926. -- Now We are Six. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. -- The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co., 1928.
Together 4 volumes, 8o. Illustrated by E.H. Shephard. Original gilt-decorated cloth, t.e.g.; pictorial dust jackets; cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITIONS of the Christopher Robin books. Milne began the poems in When We Were Very Young for his son Christopher Robin. They had originally appeared in Punch magazine and, to the shock of Milne and Methuen, the book sold out on publication day (Thwaite pages 338-39). (4)
Together 4 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITIONS of the Christopher Robin books. Milne began the poems in When We Were Very Young for his son Christopher Robin. They had originally appeared in Punch magazine and, to the shock of Milne and Methuen, the book sold out on publication day (Thwaite pages 338-39). (4)