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Milne, A.A. - E.H. Shepard
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- Milne, A.A. - E.H. Shepard
- When we were very young. London, Methuen, 1924.
- ink, paper
8vo (7 1/2 x 5 in.; 190 x 125 mm); illustrations by E.H. Shepard; publisher's blue cloth decorated and lettered in gilt; first edition, later issue (with roman numeral on Contents pages). Modern box. Dust-jacket missing.
Inscribed with a poem by A.A. Milne on the first endpaper:
"Though Beach Macrae / Be bald or grey / Or Elliot Beach / Be a little of each / Whatever his age, I shall say / "Good luck to Elliot Beach Macrae. Feb. 17th, 1931. A.A. Milne".
Inscribed with a poem by A.A. Milne on the first endpaper:
"Though Beach Macrae / Be bald or grey / Or Elliot Beach / Be a little of each / Whatever his age, I shall say / "Good luck to Elliot Beach Macrae. Feb. 17th, 1931. A.A. Milne".
Provenance
Elliott B Macrae
Catalogue Note
Elliott B Macrae worked at Dutton & Co. After World War Two, he was president of the publishing firm and was the first American publisher to travel, after war, to the U.S.S.R.