MILNE, A. A.. When We Were Very Young. (FIRST EDITION - 1924)

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.

TITLE: When We Were Very Young.

PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 volume, second state of page 9 (no priority), blank pastedowns and endpapers, illustrated by E. H. Shepard, with the original first issue pictorial DJ,  bound in the publisher's original gilt stamped blue cloth, top edge gilt.

CONDITION: No bookplate, ownership markings, or gift inscriptions, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, internally clean and bright, spine not faded, some slight lifting of the cloth to the upper left corner of the front cover, head of DJ rubbed with some minor loss, spine of DJ slightly darkened, small chip to the front upper right corner, much better than typically encountered, DJ in a protective mylar sleeve, overall a VERY GOOD copy.