(CHILDRENS LITERATURE) Milne A A Complete set of the Christo

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(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) Milne, A. A. Complete set of the Christopher Robin Books. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. 4 volumes. 8vo, original gilt-pictorial cloth of differing colors; top edges gilt; original dust jackets, only the most minor rubbing with occasional tiny chips to spine panel ends and a few tips, first two titles with very faint line of dampstaining along top edge; bookplate to front pastedown of When We Were Very Young; custom gilt-lettered 1/4 navy morocco clamshell box. London: Methuen, vd

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first editions, first issues of the famous quartet comprising: When We were Very Young. Includes insert for "Fourteen Songs." (1924) Winnie-the-Pooh. Includes publisher's prospectus. (1926) Now We are Six. Includes original sales receipt from Maggs Bros. in the year of publication (with the original 7/6 price!) from (1927); announcement sheet for "The Original Drawings by Ernest H. Shepard" at The Sporting Gallery, London The House at Pooh Corner. (1928).