1954 Poems in the Porch

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

The first edition of this work.

Signed by the illustrator, John Piper, to the title page.

'Poems in the Porch' is a selection of poems that Betjeman read on 'The Faith in the West' program, on the BBC's West of England Home Service.

The verses Betjeman read were so popular that he received constant requests to publish them.

Illustrated throughout by John Piper.

Betjeman was a noted English poet and Poet Laureate of the twentieth century.