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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing; second state with page ix numbered. x, [ii], 100 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Near Fine with offsetting to endpapers, light wear; nice bright gilt. In dust jacket, chipped at head and tail, toning to spine panel, small scratch to front panel. The first and scarcest of the Pooh books.

When We Were Very Young is a best-selling book of poetry by A. A. Milne. It is the first volume of verse written for children, for which Milne is most widely known. The book is filled with verses that reflect a playful innocence that has been enjoyed by both young and adult readers.

To determine if a copy of 'When We Were Very Young' is a first edition, look for the publisher Methuen & Co. Ltd. on the title page, the absence of a dust jacket, as these were not always issued with the book, and whether it states 'First Edition' or 'First Published in 1924' with no subsequent printings mentioned.