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First editions, first impressions, of Now We Are Six and The House at Pooh Corner, together with later impressions of When We Were Very Young and Winnie-the-Pooh. All are uniformly bound for the luxury purveyors Asprey. Milne's collection of children's verse, When We Were Very Young, introduced Christopher Robin and Pooh. Its first printing in 1924 sold out in one day, and he continued the adventures of the beloved characters in Winnie-the-Pooh. Now We Are Six followed in 1927 and took just two months to eclipse the sales records of the previous two books. The final book, The House at Pooh Corner, was received by critics with a delight tinged by sadness. "The Times Literary Supplement congratulated Milne on avoiding 'the temptation to repeat his successful formula mechanically', though it was 'sad to see the stories end'" (Thwaite, p. 336). Four works, octavo (180 x 117 mm). Mid-20th-century orange morocco for Asprey, spines with raised bands, compartments lettered and decorated with pictorial central tools in gilt, single gilt rule to boards, patterned endpapers, edges gilt. Illustrations throughout by E. H. Shepard. Mid-20th-century bookplates of Muriel Siddeley (d. 1988) to front pastedowns. Spines uniformly a little sunned, else fine. Ann Thwaite, A. A. Milne: His Life, 1990.

The House at Pooh Corner is a children's book by A.A. Milne, featuring Christopher Robin and his friends, including Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger. This book introduces the character Tigger.