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Bibliography
The bibliography has been copied from Ann Twaite's biography - I have added some comments on interest and availability. The list is in order of first year of publication. In most cases the books were published by different publishers in Britain and in the USA, with the London edition usually appearing first. I have only included the earliest, for further information I suggest you buy Twaite's book. |
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| Title | Year of publication, publisher, town- comments |
| Lovers in London | 1905, Alston Rivers, London - I've never even seen this book... I think, as far as I remember, Milne decided it was so dreadful he never let anyone publish a second edition. |
| The Day's Play | 1910, Methuen, London - sketches from Punch, lighthearted fun |
| The Holiday Round | 1912, Methuen, London - sketches from Punch, lighthearted fun |
| Once a Week | 1914, Methuen, London - sketches from Punch, lighthearted fun |
| Happy Days | 1915, George H. Doran, New York - sketches from Punch, lighthearted fun |
| Once on a Time | 1917, Hodder & Stoughton, New York, London and Toronto - Illustrated by H.M. Brock, a sort of fairy story. I've got this, but must admit I haven't read it yet... |
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1919, Methuen, London - essays |
| First Plays | 1919, Chatto & Windus, London - contains Wurzel-Flummery, The Lucky One, The Boy Comes Home, Belinda and The Red Feathers. I like these, especially The Lucky One. |
| If I May | 1920, Methuen, London - essays |
| Second Plays | 1921, Chatto & Windus, London - contains Make-Believe, Mr Pim Passes By, The Camberley Triangle, The Romantic Age, The Stepmother |
| Mr Pim | 1921, Hodder & Stoughton, London - a novel from the play. The play is better, there's not quite enough material for a novel. |
| The Sunny Side | 1921, Methuen, London - sketches and verse |
| The Red House Mystery | 1922, Metuen, London - a detective story. Milne himself thought he had written 'the perfect detective novel', and in my opinion he's not far from wrong with that assessment. Maybe that is why he never wrote another? |
| Three Plays | 1922, Putnam, New York - contains The Dover Road, The Truth About Blayds, The Great Broxopp. The Dover Road is definitely my favourite play by Milne. Read it! |
| Success | 1923, Chatto & Windus, London - a play |
| The Man in the Bowler Hat | 1923, French, London and New York - a play |
| When We Were Very Young | 1924, Methuen, London - verses for children, illustrated by E.H. Shepard |
| A Gallery of Children | 1925, Stanley Paul, London - stories for children, illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair. This is pretty tiresome. Probably the worst book by Milne that I've seen. |
| For the Luncheon Interval: Cricket and Other Verses | 1925, Methuen, London - it helps to know something about cricket when you read this. |
| Four Plays | 1926, Chatto & Windus, London - contains To Have the Honour or Meet the Prince, Ariadne, Portrait of a Gentleman in Slippers and Success |
| Miss Marlow at Play | 1926, French, London and New York - a play |
| Winnie-the-Pooh | 1926, Methuen, London - stories for children, illustrated by E.H. Shepard |
| Now We Are Six | 1927, Methuen, London - verses for children, illustrated by E.H. Shepard |
| The Ivory Door | 1928, Putnam, New York - a play |
| The House at Pooh Corner | 1928, Methuen, London - stories for children, illustrated by E.H. Shepard |
| The Ascent of Man | 1928, Ernest Benn, London - an essay |
| By Way of Introduction | 1929, Methuen, London - essays, prefaces and reviews. Very nice. In some of Milne's books his introduction is better than the actual text, so this has to be an ideal volume. |
| The Secret and Other Stories | 1929, Methuen, London and Fountain Press, New York - limited edition |
| Those Were the Days | 1929, Methuen, London - collected writings for Punch |
| Toad of Toad Hall | 1929, Methuen, London - a play for children from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Captures the spirit of the book (which happens to be one of Milne's favourites) perfectly. |
| The Fourth Wall or The Perfect Alibi | 1929, Fench, London and New York - a play |
| Michael and Mary | 1930, Chatto & Windus, London - a play |
| When I was Very Young | 1930, Methuen, London and Fountain Press, New York - an autobiographical sketch, with illistrations by E.H. Shepard, limited edition |
| Two People | 1931, Methuen, London - a novel, excellent! |
| Four Days' Wonder | 1933, Methuen, London - a novel |
| Peace with Honour | 1934, Methuen, London - a denunciation of war |
| More Plays | 1935, Chatto & Windus, London - contains The Ivory Door, The Fourth Wall and Other People's Lives |
| Miss Elizabeth Bennett | 1936, Chatto & Windus, London - a play based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. A combination of two of my favourite authors - how could this be other than perfect? |
| It's Too Late Now or Autobiography (US title) | 1939, Methuen, London - very, very good. |
| Behind the Lines | 1940, Methuen, London - verses |
| War with Honour | 1940, Macmillian, London - a pamphlet |
| War Aims Unlimited | 1941, Methuen, London - a pamphlet |
| The Pocket Milne | 1941, Dutton, New York |
| The Ugly Duckling | 1941, French, London - a short play |
| Chloe Marr | 1946, Methuen, London - a novel |
| Going Abroad | 1947, Council for Education in World Citizenship, London - a pamphlet |
| Birthday Party and other stories | 1948, Dutton, New York |
| Books for Children | 1948, Cambridge University Press, London - a pamphlet (prefatory essay) for The National Book League |
| The Norman Church | 1948, Methuen, London - a long poem |
| A Table Near the Band | 1950, Methuen, London - short stories |
| Before the Flood | 1951, French, London and New York - a short play |
| Year In, Year Out | 1952, Methuen, London - essays |
| Prince Rabbit and the Princess Who Could Not Laugh | 1966, Edmund Ward, London - two stories for children, illustrated by Mary Shepard |