![]() ![]() The final book, The House at Pooh Corner, was received by critics with a delight tinged by sadness. Now We Are Six followed in 1927, and took just two months to eclipse the sales records of the previous two books. Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) was an immediate success and garnered even more enthusiastic reviews than its predecessor. It starred Christopher's stuffed bear, bought at Harrods for Christopher's first birthday, known initially as Edward or Edward Bear and later rechristened Winnie-the-Pooh (after a favourite bear cub at London zoo). ![]() "The Wrong Sort of Bees", published on Christmas Eve 1925, was based on a bedtime story that Milne had told his son Christopher. When We Were Very Young is the second state, as usual, with page ix numbered.Īfter the huge success of When We Were Very Young, published in 1924, Milne was asked to contribute a story to the London Evening News. First editions, first impressions, an attractive set of the complete Pooh books. ![]()
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