1939 Antiquarian Prejudice

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First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Only printing. A Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlet, containing an essay on antiquarian architecture which was originally delivered as a lecture to the Group Theatre. The work explores the idea of architecture as a means of understanding your surroundings rather than the study of a house or building. Written by Sir John Betjeman, an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who was Poet Laureate from 1972. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society, the first president of The Hackney Society, and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition.