Methuen & Co, London, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928
FIRST STATE of the First Edition, First Printings A superb set of Fine/Near Fine, clean crisp books, in Fine/Near Fine dust jackets.
Methuen & Co, London, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928
This listing is for the FIRST STATE, FIRST PRINTINGS of the WINNIE THE POOH SERIES, a set of four FIRST STATE Fine/near fine first edition books by A.A. Milne. With publication dates of 1924 for WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, 1926 for WINNIE THE POOH, 1927 for NOW WE ARE SIX and 1928 for THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Published by Methuen & Co, London. A handsome set consisting of first state books in clean fine/near fine condition in their near fine first printing dust jackets (including WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG in the very scarce first state withOUT the “ix” on the contents page. Please see below for details and our over 30 images of the entire set.
WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG:
Methuen & Co, London, 1924
First Edition, First Printing, FIRST STATE Near fine crisp clean book in a near fine dust jacket. First state book without the “IX” on the contents page.
The book has blue cloth boards with bright vibrant gilt to the front and spine. The book has sharp corners with tiny bumps to one corner tip and spine tip. The binding is tight and square. The cloth is clean and bright with vibrant gilt to the front and spine. The end papers pages have one delicate small scripted owner name, otherwise the internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No handling marks, No stains, No writing, No bent pages, and No foxing with the book internally appearing as unread. Bright gilt to the top of the page block as issued. Scarce first state book, withOUT the “ix” located on the contents page. Please see images.
The original first printing dust jacket has benefited from some restoration by an expert paper conservator to the outer spine tips, and as such presents as a near fine example. The jacket is bright with vibrant colors and none of the more common typical sunning to the spine. The jacket has no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, and no rubbing but some slight toning to the front panel. The jacket is the first state of the first edition showing the correct blurbs to the inner flaps and the 7/6 Net price to the spine. Please see detailed images.
WINNIE THE POOH:
Methuen & Co, London, 1926
First Edition, First Printing Beautiful unrestored crisp fine/near fine book with the scarce original first edition, first state dust jacket. The book is in extraordinary condition considering that many children’s book are usually found “well loved and read”.
The book is clean beautiful condition with crisp vibrant green cloth boards, with bright unfaded gilt titles to spine and front. The book has sharp corners with tiny corner tip bump and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no owner names, bookplates, no bookstore stamps and no stains. The internal pages are clean and bright No handling marks, No stains, No writing, No bent pages and No foxing. Bright gilt to the top of the page block as issued. Beautiful clean, highly collectible example of this title, internally appearing as unread. Please see images.
The unrestored scarce original dust jacket, with the 117th Thousand on the rear flap, presents as a near fine example with but a 1.5 inch intact tear to the upper edge of the front panel. (It is present but is perfectly intact so it is very hard to see). The jacket is very bright for this title which is usually found with sunning. Instead this jacket has strong vibrant colors, and presents the book beautifully with no other chips, no nicks, and no stains. The jacket is the first state of the first edition showing the requisite 117th thousand to first line of the rear inner flap and the 7/6 Net price to the spine. A beautiful example of this fragile dust jacket. Please see detailed images.
NOW WE ARE SIX:
Methuen & Co, London, 1927
First Edition, First Printing Crisp, bright book with a near fine original first state dust jacket.
First Edition, First Printing of NOW WE ARE SIX, the 3rd book in the series. Beautiful crisp fine book with the scarce original first state jacket with the 7/6 price on the spine. The book is in extraordinary condition considering that many children’s book are usually found “well loved and read”.
The book is fresh beautiful condition with crisp deep red cloth boards, with bright unfaded gilt titles to spine and front. The boards are in stunning condition, with clean cloth and sharp corners. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no bookplates, no inscriptions, no owner names, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages have No handling marks, No stains, No writing, No bent pages and No foxing. Bright unfaded gilt top stain as applied by publisher. Beautiful crisp, highly collectible example of this title, appearing internally as unread. Please see images.
The scarce original first edition, first state dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the spine tips by an expert paper conservator and as such presents as a near fine example. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, only the slightest of spine sunning, and no rubbing. The jacket spine is priced at 7/6 net, and has the requisite description of only the two preceding titles on the rear flap. Please see detailed images.
THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER:
Methuen & Co, London, 1928
First Edition, First Printing Crisp, bright book with an original first state dust jacket.
First Edition, First Printing of THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER, the 4th book in the series. Beautiful crisp near fine/fine book with the scarce original first state jacket with the 7/6 price on the spine. The book is in extraordinary condition considering that many children’s book are usually found “well loved and read”.
The book is fresh near fine condition with crisp salmon cloth boards, with bright unfaded gilt titles to spine and front. The boards are in stunning condition, with clean cloth and sharp corners. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean with no bookplates, no inscriptions, no owner names, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages have No handling marks, No stains, No writing, No bent pages and No foxing. Bright unfaded gilt top stain as applied by publisher. Beautiful crisp, highly collectible example of this title, appearing internally as unread. Please see images.
The scarce original first edition, first state dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration to the spine tips by a paper conservator and as such presents in near fine condition. The supurb jacket have vibrant colors with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, and no rubbing. The jacket spine is priced at 7/6 net, and has the requisite 179th thousand on the rear flap as required for the first edition, first state. Please see detailed images.
A very handsome, clean first edition, first state set of these titles. Presents beautifully on the shelf
