MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander). When We Were Very Young. (1924 - SIGNED - FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING)

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander). 

TITLE: When We Were Very Young.

PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co., 1924.

DESCRIPTION: SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 1 vol., signed by Milne on the tile-page, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, second state with "ix" to contents leaf no priority, bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth.

CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, no previous ownership markings, bookplate, or inscriptions, housed in a full blue morocco solinder slipcase, raised bands gilt lettered spine, A FINE COPY.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Milne's first book containing 52 poems and the first to feature Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne's 1924 collection of poetry "When We Were Very Young" contains the first depiction of Winnie the Pooh in the poem "Teddy Bear" on page 85. The 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.