A music book made for Beth Osborne, first wife of Miles Tomalin. The book is hand-bound and decorated by Tomalin in the Arts and Crafts style with early music hand-copied by him. Inscription on first page reads: 'Made for Beth in November 1929 ~ musica ~ laetitae comes medicina doloris'.
Beth Osborne Music Book
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