Winnie-the-Pooh Books, Complete Four Volumes:] When We Were Very Young; Winnie-the-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner by Milne, A. A - 1924

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1924. Book. Illus. by E.H. Shepard. Near Fine. Original Cloth. First Editions. 12mo.. 4 volumes, all first impressions of the first editions, illustrated by E.H. Shepard, in dust jackets, with custom slipcase. "When We Were Young": pp. x (does not have numbering at ix), [100], gilt-framed navy blue cloth, gilt front and rear cover decorations and spine lettering, top edge gilt, plain endpapers. Bookplate on front pastedown partially hidden by dust jacket flap, tiny bookseller ticket to rear pastedown, very light tanning to endpapers, corners of rear cover lightly bumped, otherwise a clean bright copy. Dust jacket soiled and browned, chips to the tips and spine ends affecting the word "When" of the title. "Winnie-the-Pooh": pp. xi, 158. Gilt-framed green cloth, gilt cover decoration and spine lettering, top edge gilt, map endpapers. Lower tip of p. 149/150 missing, endpapers very lightly tanned in the gutters beyond the jacket flaps, else a very clean and bright copy. Dust jacket soiled and browned, chips to the spine ends and tips. "Now We Are Six": pp. x. 103. Gilt-framed maroon cloth, gilt decoration to upper and lower cover, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers. Spine very lightly darkened, else fine copy. Dust jacket browned at the spine and flap edges, chips to spine ends, nicks to tips. "The House at Pooh Corner": pp. xi, 178. Gilt-framed pink cloth, gilt cover decoration, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers. Tanning in the gutter of the free endpapers beyond the dust jacket flaps, very light speckling on the fore-edge (not affecting the interior), otherwise a fine copy. Dust jacket very lightly soiled, invisible repairs to spine ends and tips applied to the verso of the jacket. Overall, a near fine set in very good dust jackets, housed in a fine, sturdy custom-made, green cloth slipcase with gilt titles to spine..