When we were very young
Book
1924 (published)
1924 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Children's verse.
Bound in the second half of the twentieth century in black goatskin by Bayntun (Rivière), signed with stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Gold-tooling including illustrations after Shepard on upper board, floral motifs on spine, turn-ins; gilt edges; marbled endpapers. Original gold-stamped cloth covers bound at rear. In a slipcase with first editions of Winnie-the-Pooh, Now we are six and The house at Pooh Corner, all in matching bindings.
x, [2], 99, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Bound in the second half of the twentieth century in black goatskin by Bayntun (Rivière), signed with stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Gold-tooling including illustrations after Shepard on upper board, floral motifs on spine, turn-ins; gilt edges; marbled endpapers. Original gold-stamped cloth covers bound at rear. In a slipcase with first editions of Winnie-the-Pooh, Now we are six and The house at Pooh Corner, all in matching bindings.
x, [2], 99, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | When we were very young (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Leather bound printed book with line block illustrations |
| Brief description | Book, 'When We Were Very Young', by A. A. Milne, illustrated by E.H. Shepard. London: Methuen, 1924, bound in green goatskin. NAL Pressmark: 60.QQ.0028. |
| Physical description | Children's verse. Bound in the second half of the twentieth century in black goatskin by Bayntun (Rivière), signed with stamp on verso of front free endpaper. Gold-tooling including illustrations after Shepard on upper board, floral motifs on spine, turn-ins; gilt edges; marbled endpapers. Original gold-stamped cloth covers bound at rear. In a slipcase with first editions of Winnie-the-Pooh, Now we are six and The house at Pooh Corner, all in matching bindings. x, [2], 99, [1] p. : ill. ; 19 cm. |
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| Gallery label | Treasured Editions
Following the success of When We Were Very Young, Milne’s children’s books became collectors’ items. The owner of one prized set of first editions had them bound in fine decorated leather. Besides the standard cloth-bound copies, you could buy deluxe editions bound in leather and limited editions made in handmade paper or Japanese vellum, signed by the author and artist.
Some rare copies have exquisite pen and ink drawings by Shepard on the title page, probably specially commissioned.
[Group label Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic](09/12/2017 - 08/04/2018) |
| Other number | 60.QQ.0028 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041008213241 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2016 |
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