Books

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924. First Edition. Near Fine. 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; lacking dust jacket. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, light rubbing at extremities; offsetting to endpapers with bookseller's ticket at front pastedown, former owner's name dated 1944 on front free endpaper. 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.