Betjeman John Edited (66 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Reprint. viii, 326pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. xxiv, 616pp, photographs & illustrations. DW has slight shelf wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Orange Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. 224 Pages. Orange Cloth, Spine Gilt. First Printing. Pon In Ink On Ffep. Dj With Sizable Chips Top And Bottom Of Spine And Rear Cover; The Rear Has A 4 3/4" Vertical Tear Beginning At Top Edge. Tips Of Dj And Front Top Edge Chipped. 24 Photogravure Plates and 40 Drawings in Line (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. hardback, thick octavo, A tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust jacket which has faded to the spine, but with a knock to the corner of the rear board. Stamp of a museum to the head of the front free endpaper, the remainder of the text is clean and unmarked, b&w illustrations, xxiv + 616pp.…

paperback, 236pp, edges browning, slight foxing, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, Good condition. ISBN: 0140047719.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR IN FULL on the title page underneath her name. pp.xxiii, 584 pages, a Fine hardback in a near fine dust-jacket (mildest shelf wear only) [0413669505]. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. paperback, 236pp, slight foxing, otherwsie clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine not creased, Very Good condition. ISBN: 0141184329.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Revised Edition, 480pp, very well-illustrated with black and white plates, hardcover, 8vo, bound in black cloth, gilt lettered, cloth a little marked but internally very good condition, Collins, London, 1959. * a valuable guide. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair +. Blue cloth hardback is faded and a little edgeworn. Name stamp to front endpaper. Internally in overall good condition. Number 5 in the series. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A little fading on the spine of the jacket, not price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard covers in bright condition with a very good dust jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Getting slightly loosely bound, green cloth boards. Small scuffing and dust spotting on cover and spine. Browning on the end papers. No jacket. pictures drawn by Nicolas Bentley (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English Language Edition. First edition. First printing. Printing number'1'. Forward leaning binding. Some tanning to the closed page edges.

Fine paperback. 193 Pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. D/J is good (price clipped/minor shelf wear) The book is in good used condition. (previous owners inscription to front free end paper) Sir John Betjeman does convey his pleasure, enthusiasm, insight, and unique view of the life of each building in this book. The book is full of beautiful photographs, culminating in a wonderful and, exquisitely presented record of a great people. You will receive the book seen in the image. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published. Reprint. Type: Book N.B. Slight darkening to pages. (POETRY).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's original cloth in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped.There are NO former owner's names present.Binding remains firm with no hinge weakness.Illustrated with of some 100 examples of Victorian Buildings mentioned in the text.4to 304pp First Edition 1st Impression [1950].…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Hardback. Foxing to edges and D/J. Trains and Buttered Toast. Price clipped to D/J. Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. he saw his country being devastated by war and progress, and he waged a private battle to save it. His only weapons were words - the pietry for which he is best known and even more influential, the radio talks that first made him a ohenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars and his own personal demons, Betjeman's talks combined wit, nostalgia and criticism in a way that touched the sould of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now collected in book form for the first time, his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of twentieth-century broadcasting, evoking for the modern reader Betjeman's unique perspective and the compelling magic of the golden age of wireless. 353 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Hardcover. Sweet Songs of Zion. Price clipped to D/J. 'Hymns are the poems of the people' Betjeman observed in the first of this unique collection of BBC radio talks. Previously unpublished and brought together by the editor of the best-selling Trains and Buttered Toast, these fascinating talks were given by Betjeman towards the end of his life and were his swan song as a broadcaster. On the subject of hymns and hymn writers, these timeless essays are packed with information and anecdote, and will appeal to all Betjeman fans as well as newcomers with a fondness for hymns and an interest in their influence on the history of our country. 326 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).…

paperback, 48pp, slight browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, cover edges rubbed, Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised. Hardcover. Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches. The South. Slight wear to top edge of D/J. spine. Previous owners name to inside cover.Slight foxing to edge. This, the first selective to English parish churches, sets out to recommend them not only for their architectural qualities but for their atmosphere and aesthetic merit.Illustrated m. …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Trains and Buttered Toast. Price clipped to D/J. Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman's passions were mostly self-taught. he saw his country being devastated by war and progress, and he waged a private battle to save it. His only weapons were words - the pietry for which he is best known and even more influential, the radio talks that first made him a ohenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars and his own personal demons, Betjeman's talks combined wit, nostalgia and criticism in a way that touched the sould of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now collected in book form for the first time, his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of twentieth-century broadcasting, evoking for the modern reader Betjeman's unique perspective and the compelling magic of the golden age of wireless. 353 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

Paperback. Edited by Stephen Games. Contents: pages very good and clean. Cover: very slight creasing, otherwise very good and bright. A very good, tight copy. 451 pp + ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. A first impression of the true first edition, with '1' on the printer's page. ***Near fine in purplish-blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Tail of spine slightly creased, but no serious bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges perfectly clean with no foxing. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Pages clean. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has been neatly corner price-clipped. Extremities of dustwrapper just very slightly rubbed. No chips, creases or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright. ***222mm x 142mm. 326 pages including Index of Hymns, Index of Hymn-writers, Index of Composers and Index of Collections, plus two-pages of adverts at the back of the book. ***''"Hymns are the poems of the people" Betjeman observed in the first of this unique collection of BBC radio talks. Previously unpublished and brought together by the editor of the best-selling "Trains and Buttered Toast", these fascinating talks were given by Betjeman towards the end of his life and were his swan song as a broadcaster.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper). ***First impression of this true first edition of "Sweet Songs of Zion", in beautiful near fine condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Please note that this is a large heavy book and will incur extra shipping charges if sold outside the UK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The dust jacket has minor nibbles, otherwise in a very good condition. The pages have age toned edges, otherwise in a VG condition.There is no Pen writing on the front or rear end pages. Throughout the book there are Pictorial and drawn illustrations. Overall the book is in a very good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.IN THIS ISSUE FIRST APPEARANCE OF BETJEMAN'S CRICKET MASTER.GOOD CONDITION-CREASED COVER .11.Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 10, Number 4. 200pp. Pictorial wrappers. Crease on the bottom corner of rear wrap and last several pages, light bumping at the crown, very good or better. British literary magazine that includes contributions from Ted Hughes, Hugo Williams, Herbert Lomas, Paul West, Donald Davie, Maurice Nadeau, Victor Pasmore, Thom Gunn, George Barker, Alan Ross, Patrick Procktor, A.K. Ramanujan, and many more.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.VG HARDBACK IN NEAR VG PRICECLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER.THIS INCLUDES ORIGINAL STORIES AND POEMS BY JOHN BETJEMAN-CORNISH CLIFFS,EDWARD BLISHEN-THE THREE GHOSTS OF TREVARRET,LEARN THAT BY HEART-ROBERT GRAVES,THE BLACK LONGSHIP BY HENRY TREECE AND MANY MORE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.…