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1st edition cover (Methuen)

When We Were Very Young is a book by A. A. Milne containing forty-four poems. It was first published in 1924, and was illustrated by E. H. Shepard. Several of the verses were set to music by Harold Fraser-Simson. The book begins with an introduction entitled Just Before We Begin, which, in part, tells the reader to imagine for themselves who the narrator is, and that it might be Christopher Robin. The thirty-eighth poem in the book, Teddy Bear, that originally appeared in the Punch magazine in 1923, was the first appearance of the famous character Winnie-the-Pooh. In one of the illustrations of Teddy Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh is shown wearing a shirt which was later coloured red when reproduced on a recording produced by Stephen Slesinger. This has become his standard appearance in the Disney adaptations.

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Corner of the Street
Buckingham Palace
Happiness
The Christening
Puppy and I
Twinkle Toes
The Four Friends
Lines and Squares
Brownie
Independence
Nursery Chairs
Market Square
Daffodowndilly
Water Lilies
Disobedience
Spring Morning
The Island
The Three Foxes
Politeness
Jonathan Jo
At the Zoo
Rice Pudding
Missing
The King's Breakfast
Hoppity
At Home
The Wrong House
Summer Afternoon
The Dormouse and the Doctor
Shoes and Stockings
Sand Between the Toes
Knights and Ladies
Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue
The Mirror
Halfway Down
The Invaders
Before Tea
Teddy Bear
Bad Sir Brian Botany
In the Fashion
The Alchemist
Growing Up
If I Were King
Vespers
"Vespers" being in the library of the Queen's Dolls' House, is here by special permission

[edit] See also

Now We Are Six, another book of poetry by A. A. Milne

References
Milne, A. A. "WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG"

With Decorations by ERNEST H. SHEPARD

100 Pages, every one of them had some form of decoration on them. Just small sketches.
Contrary to the write above my copy was 1st Published on November 6th 1921. The 2nd Edition was published November 1924. The 3rd, 4th and 5th Editions published in the December of 1924, due to sales.

The inscription reads. To CHRISTOPHER ROBIN MILNE or as he prefers to call himself

 BILLY MOON.

This book which owes so much to him is now humbly offered. I do not have a cover but the navy blue cloth over board, with stitched hinges is wonderfully decorated in gold characters from the book. The back has the wee girl peeping through the curtains, also taken from the sketch on (page 14) BROWNIE.

[edit] References

Milne, A. A. "When We Were Very Young". Methuen & Co.; London, 1924