When We Were Very Young. Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen, 1925. Tenth Edition. Pp, 99. De Luxe binding issue in full red flexible leather boards; upper cover ruled in gilt with gilt silhouettes of the child to centre, spine richly decorated in gilt. Pictorial endpapers, all edges in gilt. Light fraying to head & tail of spine, otherwise a nice bright copy.

Milne’s classic book of thirty-five children’s verses including poems such as “King John’s Christmas”, “Binker” and “Pinkle Purr”.

Eleven of the poems in the collection are accompanied by illustrations featuring Winnie-the-Pooh.

First published in 1924.