When We Were Very Young
Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1925.
Ninth edition, in the same format as the first edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt. Inlaid is a contemporary Methuen advertisement for this edition of When We Were Very Young. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrations throughout in black and white by E.H. Shepard. A very good copy indeed, with a contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper.
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.
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