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When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner 1st Edition, 1st Impression
by Milne, A. [Lan] A. [Lexander]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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VINELAND, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Methuen & Co,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924- 1928. First Edition; First Printing. cloth. B&W Illustrations; MILNE, A. [LAN] A. [LEXANDER]When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We are Six; The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. , 1924-1926-1927-1928. All volumes first edition, first impression. Original publisher''s pictorial cloth gilt (blue, green, red and salmon respectively) , all but the first with pictorial endpapers, the first and third works in dust jacket (the Pooh books without). Housed in an attractive morocco-backed clamshell case made of blue cloth which is spotted. The morocco frontis shaped like spines and has a nice effect. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches (18.5 x 12.5 cm) ; various paginations, all volumes illustrated by E. H. Shepard. The dust jacket of When We Were Very Young lacks a portion of the spine and has other wear and minor losses. That of Now We Are Six is overall sound. There is slight wear overall, and one volume has an ownership name. The text of When We Were Very Young is in the second state of the first impression, with page ix numbered. .
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38944
- Title
- When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-pooh; Now We Are Six; The House At Pooh Corner 1st Edition, 1st Impression
- Author
- Milne, A. [Lan] A. [Lexander]
- Illustrator
- E H Shepard:
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924- 1928
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
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- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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