When We Were Very Young. First Edition, First Issue,1924 ; Winnie The Pooh. First Edition, 1926; Now We Are Six. First Edition, 1927; The House At Pooh Corner. First Edition 1928. Four volumes. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co.,, (1924 – 1928). All four volumes are in publisher’s original cloth (royal blue, dark green, maroon and pink) and stamped in gilt, with top edges gilt, lacking the dust jackets. A nice bright set.

Complete set of this ‘Children’s Classic’ in first edition, housed together in a custom-made slipcase. When We Were Very Young is in the first issue state with the page number “ix” omitted the preliminaries, and is rare thus. 

Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956)  was an English author, playwright, and poet, remembered above all for creating the timeless children’s character Winnie-the-Pooh. His most celebrated works include two volumes of poetry, When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927), which capture the innocence and imagination of childhood. He also published two beloved story collections: Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). These books introduced readers to Pooh Bear and his circle of friends—Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo—set against the enchanting backdrop of the Hundred Acre Wood, inspired by the English countryside.

Howard Shepard (1879-1976) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and The Pooh Books.