Now We Are Six
- London: Methuen & Co, 1927
London: Methuen & Co, 1927. First edition. Near Fine. Deluxe issue in the publisher's green morocco binding. All edges gilt. With the original ribbon bookmark. Spine a bit rubbed at head and tail of spine. Endpapers lightly toned, otherwise very bright and clean throughout. Lacking the rare original box. Overall a Near Fine copy of the desirable and attractive deluxe issue.
Now We Are Six is a collection of poems that is part of the larger Winnie-the-Pooh imaginative world. Milne and illustrator Ernest H. Shepard peppered the book with written and illustrated allusions to the Hundred Acre Woods, hence this post-script from the volume's introduction: "Pooh wants us to say that he thought it was a different book; and he hopes you won't mind, but he walked through it one day, looking for his friend Piglet, and sat down on some of the pages by mistake."
A.A. Milne would write the Pooh stories after being inspired by his son, Christopher Robin, and his stuffed animals, one of which was a bear named “Winnie.” Milne had written prolifically in other modes and genres, but the Pooh books would go on to outshine all his other works. Indeed, Winnie-the-Pooh has been listed on the New York Public Library’s 100 greatest children’s books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other" (NYPL). Near Fine.
Now We Are Six is a collection of poems that is part of the larger Winnie-the-Pooh imaginative world. Milne and illustrator Ernest H. Shepard peppered the book with written and illustrated allusions to the Hundred Acre Woods, hence this post-script from the volume's introduction: "Pooh wants us to say that he thought it was a different book; and he hopes you won't mind, but he walked through it one day, looking for his friend Piglet, and sat down on some of the pages by mistake."
A.A. Milne would write the Pooh stories after being inspired by his son, Christopher Robin, and his stuffed animals, one of which was a bear named “Winnie.” Milne had written prolifically in other modes and genres, but the Pooh books would go on to outshine all his other works. Indeed, Winnie-the-Pooh has been listed on the New York Public Library’s 100 greatest children’s books of the century and the Ashdown Forest, where the stories take place, has become a tourist attraction as a result. "I think Pooh's secret is the kindness and generosity of spirit of the characters toward each other" (NYPL). Near Fine.