When We Were Very Young
Methuen, 1924.
First edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and gilt vignettes to upper cover in pictorial dustwrapper. Page ix unnumbered. Top edge gilt. Illustrated in line by E.H. Shepard. A very good copy with a little wear to the spine ends and corners, bookplate to the front pastedown in a good dustwrapper, which shows some fraying to the edges with a little loss to the spine ends and general tanning to the spine.
This book is the first in a series of four which introduces the characters of Pooh and Christopher Robin. The bear in the poem entitled "Teddy Bear" gives us the first glimpse of the bear who has gone on to become one of the most popular children's characters of all time. Christopher Robin appears in "Vespers", "Buckingham Palace" and various other poems. At the time of publication the writer and publishers had no idea of the huge success which awaited these characters. Their initial print run was only 4500 copies, these sold out on the first week and since then all of Milne and Shepard's "Pooh" books have been reprinted in very many different formats.
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