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1952 First and Last Loves
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding.
First edition.
Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
Illustrated with a folding plate and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.
This is a charming collection of essays celebrating English towns, London railway stations, coastal architecture, and architecture in Cheltenham, Bournemouth, Leeds and more.
Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who became Poet Laureate in 1972. A champion of British heritage and everyday charm, his essays in First and Last Loves reveal the same blend of humour and nostalgia.
Condition
In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One or two very minor handling marks. Dust wrapper very smart. Scattered spotting to wraps. Slight loss to head of spine. One or two very minor chips and closed tear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves and fore edge.
Very Good Indeed
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