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Published by John Murray Pubs Ltd, London, England. UK, 1974
ISBN 10: 0719501016ISBN 13: 9780719501012
Seller: Artifacts eBookstore, Gosport, United Kingdom
Book
Soft Cover Full Gloss. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ardizzone, Edward (illustrator). ### A Ring of Bells: Poems of John Betjeman 1974 ### ## THIS BOOK: Classified as VERY GOOD: This is the 1974 edition. The book was published originally in 1962 and reprinted in 1964, 1967, 1972 and 1974. The book cover is age marked but still altogether. ## ## A very nice selection of his poems and some great illustrations by Edward Ardizzone ## ## John Betjeman's verse autobiography Summoned by Bells tells the story of his childhood and school days. It is during this period of his life that he wrote many of the ideas, subjects and moods of the poems as a mature poet came. Because of this, and his direct style communicates his meaning to his readers as easily as any poet now writing, this selection of his poems is made especially for young people. Each of the nine sections is preceded by a passage from Summoned by Bells which tells a story and sets a theme for the following poems, including all the well-loved favourites. ## ## 'Very well done, and Ardizzone's drawings preserve the mood. What is good in Betjeman is the encouragement to see the familiar and the commonplace in a new, enquiring focus: this is indeed the heart of poetry.' Times Literary Supplement/ ## #### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch for a shipping quotation. ####. No Author signature.
Published by John Murray Pubs Ltd, London England, 2003
ISBN 10: 0719565219ISBN 13: 9780719565212
Seller: Artifacts eBookstore, Gosport, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Eccles, David (illustrator). ### Now We Are Sixty (And a Bit) by Christopher Matthews 2003 ## ## THIS BOOK: Classified as AS NEW. This edition is 2003; PLEASE NOTE: The Cover; is printed to look old, so the missing parts and tears are not real. (Promise) ## ## Barely had the first copies of Now We Are Sixty landed in the bookshops when people started asking Christopher Matthew when he would write a sequel. Most said the same thing: ' You could call it Now We Are Seventy!'## ## Not being within a fourpenny-bus ride of his Biblical quota, Matthew set his face firmly against the whole idea. Yet, much to his surprise, the temptation to try his hand at a few more poems (particularly ones based on originals he hadn't tackled before, such as King Hilary and the Beggarman, The Emperor's Rhyme, and Sneezles) proved, like age itself, irresistible. Before he knew it, a book's worth was completed. ## ## Here, then, is a further collection of verses inspired by those of the great Milne. They follow the rhymes and rhythms of the master to remind those who are getting on in years of the wit, wisdom and whimsy he conjured up for those who were very young. ## ## Life continues to take its toll on the author. The still overall feeling remains of cheerful resignation in the face of declining faculties, failing memory, and an annoying inability to get to grips with the video recorder.## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please contact me for a shipping quotation. ##. No Author signature.
Published by John Murray Pubs Ltd, London, England, UK, 1992
ISBN 10: 0719551218ISBN 13: 9780719551215
Seller: Crystal Palace Antiques, Paris, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Philip Sayer (illustrator). First Edition. 10 1/8" Square [25.7cm square] Hard bound in blue cloth with title in white on the spine. Glossy pictorial DJ. 224 pages illustrated throughout with color photos. Condition is fine but top corners are bumped and the DJ has a short slit in the middle of the spine. "This book presents the development of science and technology through one hundred key inventions selected from the Science Museum, the National Museum of Science & Industry. All these are beautifully illustrated in full color, backed up in many instances by historical pictures in black and white. Together with these illustrations is an informative and easily understandable text placing each object in its historical context and explaining its function and workings. These texts are by leading experts in their fields and there is an introduction by Neil Cossons, Director of the Science Museum. Between them they give an unrivalled overview of the way we arrived at our modern world.".
Published by John Murray Pubs Ltd, London, England, 1993
ISBN 10: 0719551013ISBN 13: 9780719551017
Seller: Paradise Found Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Light edge wear and rubbing, price-clipped jacket has very small tear at base of slightly-faded spine, gift inscription on rear of front-endpaper, otherwise interior is clean.
Published by John Murray Pubs Ltd, London, England, 2004
ISBN 10: 0719566215ISBN 13: 9780719566219
Seller: Dallas Surplus Stacks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Book & Jacket, First Edition First Print, Signed, Debut in protecyive cover. Signed by Author(s).