First trade edition of this Pooh-themed songbook, featuring lyrics by Milne after the verses from the third Pooh book, NOW WE ARE SIX.
Fine.
Price: $300.00
In the months after the astonishing success of the first Pooh book, WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG, Milne "had been approached by all sorts of composers wanting to set them to music" (Thwaite). In the end, Milne chose Fraser-Simson for the task – mainly because little Christopher Robin "was extremely fond of the Fraser-Simson's liver-and-white spaniel, Henry Woggins; they often met on their daily walks" (Thwaite). This entry was the fourth production on the theme, but the first to use material from NOW WE ARE SIX, published the same year. This copy is the first trade edition; it was issued alongside the scarce limited edition of 100 copies.
Read more: Thwaite, Goodbye Christopher Robin: A.A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-The-Pooh.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, (1927). 12'' x 9.75''. Original quarter tan cloth, brown paper boards with paper label. In original light blue pictorial dust jacket. [6], 33, [1] pages. Housed in custom blue cloth chemise and quarter blue goatskin slipcase (bottom joint starting). Contemporary Methuen ad laid in. Jacket and book beautiful, with very little wear.
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