1924 When We Were Very Young

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Illustrated throughout by Ernest H. Shepard. The fifth edition of this best-selling book of poetry that begins with an introduction entitled "Just Before We Begin", which, in part, tells readers to imagine for themselves who the narrator is, and that it might be Christopher Robin. A later poem in the book, "Teddy Bear", originally appeared in Punch magazine in February 1924, was the first appearance of the famous character Winnie-the-Pooh. Written by Alan Alexander Milne, an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children's poetry. Illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard, an English artist and book illustrator best known for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh.