When We Were Very Young by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander) - 1924

London: Methuen, 1924 First edition, first printing, second state with "ix" to contents leaf. One of 5,140 copies. Original publisher's blue cloth, front cover illustrated in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. A good copy with wear and rubbing to covers and extremities, scattered fading, spine shaken. Former owner bookplate to front endpaper, mild offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers. A.A. Milne's poetry collection When We Were Very Young is the first book in the Pooh series and contains the first depiction of Winnie-the-Pooh in the poem "Teddy Bear" on page 85. Containing 52 poems, the collection is beautifully illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard with simple ink drawings. The best-selling book is lovingly dedicated to A.A. Milne's son Christopher Robin Milne who was four at the time of the book's publication. Many of Milne's characters were based on his son and his son's toys. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Shepard, Ernest H..