1927 – Now We Are Six – A.A. Milne | First Edition Winnie the Pooh

This first edition of Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne is a book of poems about the imaginings and experiences of a six-year-old child. Milne captures the wonder and nostalgia of childhood in his verses, accompanied by the illustrations of Ernest H. Shepard. Published just one year after Winnie-the-Pooh, the poems are often accompanied by familiar figures from the Hundred Acre Wood including Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore, as imagined by their original artist.

This first edition is notable for retaining its original dust jacket!

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Now We Are Six
• Author: Alan Alexander Milne
• Illustrator: Ernest Howard Shepard
• Publisher: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
• Edition: First edition, first printing, 1927
  • Copyright: First Published in 1927; no mention of other states
• Binding: Original red publisher’s cloth
• Format: Octavo (8vo), single volume
• Size: ~ 7.75in x 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm)
• Collation: x, [2], 103, [1]
• Illustrations: Illustrated throughout in black and white
• Contents Include:
  • Us Two
  • Knight-in-Armor
  • The Friend
  • Sneezles
  • King John’s Christmas

Condition:

Near Fine. The original red cloth binding is secure with slight sunning to the head and tail of the spine, and mild wear to the corners. The text block and hinges are intact and secure. The pages are complete and clean, with some browning mostly confined to half title and last page of text. Original dust jacket in fair to good condition, supported by clear cover and fold-on.

Why Collect This?

• Popular poems by the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh
• First Printing from 1927 with original dust jacket
• Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard

Item Number: #50165