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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1959 1st Am. ed. 279pp. salmon cloth 12mo: Very Good+ in a generally Good dj torn along extremities but now protected in a Brodart poly cover [ink name on ffep; bit of age browning of edges; else a clean, complete & tight copy] A nice hard bound first edition of Sir John Betjeman's (1906-84) poetry. He was Poet Laureate of England from 1972 until his death.

Hardcover. xxvi, 279p., introduction, very good first US edition in cloth boards and price-clipped dj with closed tearsand light wear. The later "Collected Poems" circa 1970 would be Young 275.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Fifth Impression. Paperback Prev owners name inside John Betjeman's Collected Poems, when originally published, consolidated dramatically a reputation that had consistently grown. With the inclusion of High and Low in this edition his collected work is now up to date. 366 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic, Scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Enlarged Edition. Paperback. Very slight foxing to edge. Slight crease to corner back cover. John Betjeman's Collected Poems became a best-seller immediately on publication and has remained so ever since. More than 230,000 have been sold. This enlarged new edition includes all the poems from High and Low, his most recent collection of lyrics, and is now fully up-to-date. 366 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Cream Cloth. Condition: NEAR FINE (ABOVE AVERAGE). Not Illustrated (illustrator). Second Edition. .please e-mail for further details. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Gift Inscription 'Master T. Tr.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. John Betjeman Cololected Poems. Collected Poems made publishing history when it first appearesd, and has now sold more than two million copies, to a steadily expanding readership. John Betjeman is almost unique among poets in that his work appeals equally strongly to those who love poetry and to those who rarely read it. This edition incorporates all the poems that he published after the original Collected Poems appeared. 411 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).

Paperback. Condition: Good. John Murray 1973 third impression with birhenhaed introduction - FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail.

Condition: Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear. Price clipped, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Clean and firmly bound cream cloth boards, no writing inside. Jacket not price clipped with small tears, chipping and light creasing along the top and lower edges. Fifth printing of a book first published in 1958.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Firmly bound cream cloth boards with a few small foxing marks, no writing inside. Foxing on closed page edges. Chipping on jacket, foxing on the back side of it and on the flaps, not price clipped.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition with additional poems, paperback edition with some rubbing and wear on the cover, firmly bound.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Photograph available on request.

Condition: Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear. Price clipped, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in cream cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling toa grey panel on the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is a trifle rubbed but complete so best described as in near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This was the book that finally established Betjeman as a poet of rare distinction and contained, in the compiler's opinion the best of the poet's work previously published in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Ref LLL 1.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pp XXVI, 279. 3rd printing. An unread book in a complete dust jacket that shows 2 small closed tears.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The cover is in very good condition. The pages are good, clean and white with no notes or underlinings. Slight speckling to page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A FOURTH IMPRESSION PUBLISHED IN THE SAME YEAR AS THE FIRST EDITION, HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7.5 x 4.5 INCHES WITH 26 + 279 PAGES. FAINT CREASE TO FRONT OF JACKET, SMALL PUBLISHERS DATE STAMP TO FRONT ENDPAPER, FOXING TO INSIDE OF JACKET. OVERALL A NICE COPY IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURY BOOK BOX.

Condition: Good. A few small tears, some light scratches and wear on jacket. Content is fine.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: New. In zeer goede staat & Ongelezen. Softcover.

Third edition (with addition of all poems published in 'High and Low'), 8vo., pp.xxx,366, green cloth, gilt; a fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has creasing to rear flap, and rubbing/light chipping to headband. Front free endpaper inscribed in pencil, "To Eric Mascall from the ridiculous author of these verses with fervent affection John Betjeman 1970". Also includes a letter, written in pencil, from Betjeman to Mascall, thanking him for a copy of the Book of Humourous Verse.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8v0. Pp xxvi, 279. Full soft leather by the publisher. Marbled endpapers. Slip-case marbled to match. Printed on India paper. No. 16/100 copies printed. Signed by the author. Spine creased and with creasing to the final 70 or so pages of the text.