MILNE, A.A.; Illustrated by Ernest Shepard.
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
“AMONG THE BEST EVER WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN”: A.A. MILNE’S FOUR POOH BOOKS with First Editions of Winnie-The-Pooh, Now We Are Six, and The House At Pooh Corner
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1926-1928.
$3,200.00
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Item Number: RRB-148112
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First editions, first issues of three works in Milne's wonderful Pooh quartet, with only When We Were Very Young being a sixteenth issue. Octavo, four volumes, original publisher's gilt-decorated pictorial cloth, two volumes top edge gilt, two volumes all edges gilt, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with decorations by Ernest Shepard. When We Were Very Young, ownership inscription to the dedication page. Winnie-The-Pooh, ownership signature to the second front free endpaper. Now We Are Six, neat ownership signature to the front pastedown. The House at Pooh Corner, ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Each volume is very good to near fine condition, with the first editions rebacked to preserve the original spines.
“Although Alan Alexander Milne wrote novels, short stories, poetry and many plays for adults, in addition to his work as assistant editor for Punch from 1906 to 1914, it is his writings for children that have captured the hearts of millions of people worldwide and granted Milne everlasting fame” (Silvey, 461). Milne wrote most of these poems at the request of friend and fellow poet Rose Fyleman, who was planning a new children’s magazine. “On a rain-blighted holiday in Wales, [Milne] escaped from the crowd of fellow guests to the summerhouse, and for 11 days wrote a set of children’s verses, one each day… ‘There on the other side of the lawn was a child with whom I had lived for three years [his son, Christopher Robin]… and here within me were unforgettable memories of my own childhood.’ He added more verses when he got home, enough for a book, and allowed some to be published in advance in Punch” (Carpenter & Prichard, 351). Shepard, a Punch staff artist at the time, provided delightful line vignettes, resulting in “a wonderful marriage of verse and vision. His delicately precise and fresh drawings had an instant appeal” (DNB).
The Four Pooh Books: When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner.
$3,200.00
Out of Stock
