NMLP P-036393 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

When We Were Very Young

A. A. Milne (illustrated by E. H. Shepard) · Methuen & Co. (London) · 1924

The UK Methuen edition is the true first; the first US edition (E. P. Dutton, 1924) follows. This was the debut of Christopher Robin in print and predates the Pooh stories. Both are collected; Methuen precedes.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036393 for "When We Were Very Young" by A. A. Milne (illustrated by E. H. Shepard) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036393, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).