A Nip in the Air.
by BETJEMAN, John
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Murray, 1974. . First edition, number 54 of 175 copies on handmade paper, signed by the author; 8vo, (23.5 x 15 cm); painted pictorial endpapers, slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; rebound with a whimsical onlay and painted calf binding, top edge gilt, others uncut, spine slightly faded, some marks to boards, overall a very good copy; [viii], 62pp.
Signed limited edition of A Nip in the Air, a collection of twenty-seven poems by the late Poet Laureate John Betjeman, founder of the Victorian Society and one of the most popular quintessentially British poets.
Signed limited edition of A Nip in the Air, a collection of twenty-seven poems by the late Poet Laureate John Betjeman, founder of the Victorian Society and one of the most popular quintessentially British poets.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106397
- Title
- A Nip in the Air.
- Author
- BETJEMAN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, John Murray, 1974.
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