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The King’s Breakfast
London: Methuen & Co., 1925. Item #06442
A.A. Milne’s “The King’s Breakfast” from “When We Were Very Young,”
with Music by H. Fraser-Simson and Decorations by E.H. Shepard
MILNE, A.A. The King’s Breakfast. Words by A.A. Milne. Music by H. Fraser-Simson. Decorations by E.H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co., [1925].
First edition. Large octavo (9 15/16 x 7 inches; 251 x 178 mm.). vi, 17, [1, blank] pp. Illustrated title-page and numerous additional black and white illustrations.
Original quarter navy cloth over pink and white pictorial boards printed in black. Minor rubbing to corners, "Christmas 1926" neatly written in ink on front flyleaf, otherwise a near fine copy.
Includes an “Introduction” by Milne, “In which various matters are explained, and the Old English song, ‘Feed My Cow’ is now given for the first time.”.
Price: $200.00