(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) MILNE, A.A. A Complete set of the Christopher Robin Books. Together, 4 volumes. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial cloth of differing colors (blue, green, red and salmon, respectively); top edges gilt; original dust jackets, spine panels toned somewhat as usual and bearing 7/6 price; condition notes below. London: Methuen, vd
first editions of the famous quartet comprising:When We Were Very Young. Dime-sized stain to rear cover; spine panel with shallow nicks to head and foot; page IX numbered, publisher's prospectus laid-in. (1924) Winnie-the-Pooh. Boards slightly bowed; jacket chipped at spine head with loss of title, "139th Thousand" indication on rear flap; minor cockling to endpapers. (1926) Now We are Six. Small blemish on front cover; jacket with small chip to spine panel head with letters unaffected; small closed tear to front flyleaf, semi-circular dampstain to front and rear endpapers with corresponding narrow ink bleed confined to pastedown extremities. (1927) The House at Pooh Corner. Cocked; jacket spine panel with short chips to head and foot touching letters, rear panel separated along spine fold with tape repairs on verso. (1928).
