Milne, A.A.

When We Were Very Young. London: Methuen, 1924. 8vo, half-title, publisher's blue gold-stamped pictorial cloth, top edge gilt; extremities rubbed. No dust jacket. — Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen, 1926. 8vo, half-title, publisher's green gold-stamped pictorial cloth, printed endpapers, top edge gilt; slightly rubbed at extremities. Publisher's printed dust jacket; soiled, rubbed at extremities, slight abrasion of sticker on upper panel. Inscribed "Pobbles from Pad, Nov. 4th 1926" — Now We Are Six. London: Methuen, 1927. 8vo, half-title, publisher's red gold-stamped pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, decorated endpapers. Publisher's printed dust jacket; soiled, a few small tears mended with tape. — The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen, 1928. 8vo, half-title, publisher's pink gold-stamped pictorial cloth, decorated endpapers, top edge gilt. Publisher's printed dust jacket; some soiling, head and foot of wrapper spine chipped. The above 4 volumes in a red cloth slipcase. —plus additional copies of Now We Are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh, and The House at Pooh Corner, first editions, in deluxe gift bindings, the latter in its original box with printed label.

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