Introduced Stephen Games (5 results)

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

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xvi, 304pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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: 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.).

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.