A Garland for the Laureate – Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday

Pringle, Roger (ed.)

£65.00

22 poems, most of which were written for the occasion of Betjeman’s 75th birthday. Contributors: Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Patricia Beer, Alan Brownjohn, Leonard Clark, Charles Causley, Patric Dickinson, Roy Fuller, Ted Hughes, Elizabeth Jennings, Philip Larkin, Edward Lowbury, Norman Nicholson, Alan Ross, A. L. Rowse, Sacheverell Sitwell, Stephen Spender, R. S. Thomas, Anthony Thwaite, Ted Walker, John Wain and Laurence Whistler. Title page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Limited to 350 copies (150 quarter bound of which 75 signed by all contributors; 200 in marbled-paper wrappers).

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Publisher
Celandine Press
Publisher City
Stratford-upon-Avon
Year
1981
Edition
1st
Format
p/b
Author
Pringle, Roger (ed.)
SKU
IYC80483
Categories
Condition
Near Fine, numbered 333 (of 350), marbled wrappers good (only minor corner bumping), tight binding, untrimmed pages pristine. Incl. original order form on pink paper.
Size
4to (300 x 240 / 12" x 9½)
Page Count
40
ISBN