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A. A. Milne. The Four Winnie The Pooh Books - ALL IN FINE BINDINGS

$4,750per set
£3,620.91per set
€4,136.61per set
CA$6,683.92per set
A$7,320.96per set
CHF 3,854.49per set
MX$87,373.28per set
NOK 49,122per set
SEK 44,904.91per set
DKK 30,911.58per set

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AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: When We Were Very Young - Winnie The Pooh - House At Pooh Corner - Now We Are Six. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen Co., Ltd., 1960-1. DESCRIPTION: 4 vols., 7-1/4" x 5, illustrated in by Ernest Shepard, bound in red, green, pink, and blue calf, ribbed gilt decorated spines, Winnie The Pooh gilt in each panel, all front covers with gilt characters from the books, covers ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, housed in an open ended grey cloth slipcase, by Bayntun. CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplates, A FINE SET. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Milne began the poems in When We Were Very Young for his son Christopher Robin. They had originally appeared in Punch magazine and, to the shock of Milne and Methuen, the book sold out on publication day. It was an unqualified success, quoted, recited, and parodied everywhere. Milne's based the stories of his second major book Winnie-the-Pooh on a set of stuffed animals Christopher Robin (called "Billy Moon" in the family) owned. Methuen published Milne's third children's book just two months after Winnie-the-Pooh. The House at Pooh Corner would be the last of the Pooh books. Milne wanted both to stop while the books were selling well—"I have had my thrill out of children's books, and know that I shall never recapture it"—and to protect his growing son: "I feel that the legal Christopher Robin has already had more publicity than I want for him. Moreover, since he is growing up, he will soon feel that he has had more publicity than he wants for himself. We all, young and old, hope to make some sort of name, but we want to make it in our own chosen way, and, if possible, by our own exertions" (Thwaite pages 338-39).
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 7.25 in (18.42 cm)Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 4
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1960
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Hillsborough, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU6214248024012

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