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A COMPLETE SET OF POOH TITLES WITH WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG BEING AN 18th EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1929, WINNIE THE POOH IS A 4th EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1927, NOW WE ARE SIX PUBLISHED IS A 4th EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1928 & HOUSE AT POOH CORNER IS A 3rd EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1929. ALL HARDBACKS IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S CLOTH BINDINGS WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY ERNEST H. SHEPARD, ALL WITH THE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG HAS A FEW MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH BOARDS, FRONT HINGE COCKED SLIGHTLY FORWARD, PRIVATE BOOKPLATE TO FRONT BLANK REVERSE OF ENDPAPER DATED 1930, WINNIE THE POOH HAS A FEW VERY MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH, FRONT HINGE COCKED FORWARD, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, REVERSE TO FRONT PUBLICATION LIST IS BROWNED WITH AN INSCRIPTION FROM 1927, NOW WE ARE SIX WITH A VERY MINOR MARK TO CLOTH SPINE, NAME & DATE OF 1928 TO INNER FRONT BOARD, PRIVATE BOOKPLATE TO BLANK REVERSE OF FRONT ENDPAPER DATED 1928, CREASE TO HALF TITLE, TITLE PAGE & THROUGH TO INTRODUCTION PAGE, HOUSE AT POOH CORNER WITH VERY SLIGHT FADING AT EDGES OF BOARDS, ENDPAPERS LIGHTLY BROWNED, NAME & INSCRIPTION TO TITLE PAGE. OVERALL THE SET IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION WITH ALL BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED, TEXT PAGES CLEAN & CLOTH COVERS BRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

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.