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A Garland for the Laureate. Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday. [Edited by Roger Pringle]
by (Betjeman, John)
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- Quarter black buckram and marbled paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in slipcase
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[Stratford-upon-Avon: The Celandine Press, 1981. First edition, no. 41 of 75 copies printed on Zerkall by the Whittington Press, signed by the contributors and specially bound. Title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter black buckram and marbled paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in slipcase. First edition, no. 41 of 75 copies printed on Zerkall by the Whittington Press, signed by the contributors and specially bound. Title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 4to. And Everyone Was There : One of 75 Copies, Signed by All. Signed by Philip Larkin, Stephen Spender, Ted Hughes, Kingsley Amis, R.S. Thomas, Roy Fuller, Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Sacheverell Sitwell, Roy Fuller, Elizabeth Jennings, A.L. Rowse, and others.
An anthology of incompatibles, united by their esteem for Betjeman.
An anthology of incompatibles, united by their esteem for Betjeman.
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- Title
- A Garland for the Laureate. Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday. [Edited by Roger Pringle]
- Author
- (Betjeman, John)
- Format/Binding
- Title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Quarter black buckram and marbled paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, no. 41 of 75 copies printed on Zerkall by the Whi
- Publisher
- The Celandine Press
- Place of Publication
- [Stratford-upon-Avon
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- British | Poetry
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