MILNE--SHEPARD--FRASER-SIMSON, COLLECTION OF THE A.A. MILNE MUSIC BOOKS (7 VOL.)

i) The King’s Breakfast. 1925, large 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER (“To Betty | with love | from | H. Fraser Simson”) AND SIGNED BY COMPOSER, AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, browning to endpapers, tears and soiling to dust-jacket; ii) The King’s Breakfast. 1926, 4to, ONE OF 100 COPIES (“This is a presentation copy for H. FRASER-SIMSON”) AND SIGNED BY COMPOSER, AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, original cloth-backed boards, glassine dust-jacket; iii) Teddy Bear and other songs. 1926, 4to, ONE OF 100 COPIES (“This is a presentation copy for H. Fraser-Simson, Esq.”) AND SIGNED BY COMPOSER, AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, original cloth-backed boards, unopened, covers slightly bowed; iv) Teddy Bear and other songs. 1926, 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE COMPOSER (“Simon | with love + best wishes | from his | Godfather | H. Fraser Simson | 1930”), original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket; v) Songs from “Now We Are Six”. 1927, 4to, ONE OF 100 COPIES (“This is a presentation copy for H. Fraser-Simson, Esq.”) AND SIGNED BY COMPOSER, AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, original cloth-backed boards, unopened, occasional light spotting; vi) The Hums of Pooh. 1929, 4to, NUMBER 63 OF 100 COPIES AND SIGNED BY COMPOSER, AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR, original cloth-backed boards, some browning and spotting, head and foot of spine worn; vii) The Hums of Pooh. 1929, 4to, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, ownership inscription, some spotting and browning (7)

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