MILNE, A. A. “When We Were Very Young” [Methuen & Co., 1926]

MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. Thirteenth Edition. 7.75" x 5.25", x + 100pp. Original dark blue cloth, gilt pictorial vignette to upper board, gilt spine lettering, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout with line drawings by Ernest H. Shepard. Top edge gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed at extremities with minor fraying at spine ends, gilt still bright; binding firm, hinges sound, owner's name in pencil on FFEP.  Contents clean with light toning. Very Good.

A. A. Milne’s first major children’s book, published two years prior to Winnie-the-Pooh, When We Were Very Young established the lyrical voice and child-centered humor that would define his career.