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A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard

Now We Are Six First Edition

Methuen & Co. Ltd.

1927

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A first edition, first printing of Now We Are Six, by A.A. Milne.

  • A.A. Milne (English).
  • Illustrated by E.H. Shepard (English).
  • London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927.
  • Dust wrapper is elaborately illustrated by Ernest Shepard.


The second collection of children's poems following Milne's When We Were Very Young, which was first published in 1924. The collection contains thirty-five verses, including eleven poems that feature Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations.

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Dust wrapper has some very slight handling marks present.

There are some closed tears to the top edge of the front panel, and some slight rubbing at the spine tips and corners.

There is a slight patch of abrasion to the tail of the spine, marking the ‘H’ in Methuen.

There are little handling marks throughout.

It has not been price clipped.

The gilt tooling is immaculate and without breaks.

The text blocks are almost without blemish, however there is one to the gilt on the top edge.

There is a small previous owners signature to the front preliminary, dated to the year of publication in a neat hand.

 

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First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Childrens, Poetry, Short Stories, English literature and history, Literature, Modern first editions, Illustrated

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