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SECOND DELUXE EDITION, TENTH IMPRESSION 1925, PUBLISHER'S DELUXE LEATHER EDITION IN BOX. 8vo, approximately 195 x 125 mm, 7� x 4� inches, illustrated throughout by Ernest Shepard, pages: x, (2), 100, Contents page correctly numbered ix, original publisher's deluxe deep rose morocco, gilt illustrated, decorated and lettered, illustrated endpapers, all edges gilt, red silk marker. No inscriptions, faint browning on front endpaper next to fold, a few faint fox spots on front pastedown, same browning on rear endpaper and faint browning to rear pastedown (see images), otherwise a Fine unused wonderful copy in original glassine wrapper (wrapper browned and a touch worn at head and tail of spine). Housed in the very slightly worn original grey cardboard box with printed labels to to top and side. Label on lid very slightly dusty and faintly foxed. The first deluxe edition, also 1925, was the 7th impression, ours, the second deluxe, was the 10th. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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.