John Betjeman : new fame, new love / Bevis Hillier
2002, 1st edition. London : John Murray. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #426623
ISBN: 0719550025
Physical description; xv, 736 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 620-707) and index. Contents; 1. Uffington -- 2. Film Critic -- 3. The Diarist -- 4. 'That's Shell -- That Was!' -- 5. 'To Mr and Mrs John Betjeman, a Son' -- 6. The Pipers -- 7. Continual Dew and An Oxford University Chest -- 8. Decoration -- 9. Observer Corps -- 10. Taking to the Air -- 11. 'Minnie' -- 12. Old Lights for New Chancels -- 13. Ireland -- 14. Daily Herald -- 15. Admiralty -- 16. Farnborough -- 17. New Bats in Old Belfries -- 18. British Council -- 19. A Lincolnshire Tale -- 20. Oxford Preservation Trust -- 21. On the Air in the Forties -- 22. 'The Betje-bus' -- 23. A Preservationist in the Making -- 24. 'Tame and Tade' -- 25. Wantage -- 26. First and Last Loves -- 27. A Few Late Chrysanthemums -- 28. Cloth Fair and Rotherhithe -- 29. On the Air in the Fifties -- 30. 'City and Suburban' -- 31. Television Personality -- 32. Preservationist's Progress -- 33. Cincinnati -- 34. In the late 1950s -- 35. 'A Really Thrilling Moment of Triumph' -- App. 'Uffington Downs'. Subjects; Betjeman, John 1906-1984. Chetwode, Penelope Marriage. Betjeman, John Sir 1906-1984. Chetwode, Penelope. Betjeman, John. 1900-1999. Poets, English 20th century ; Biography. Film critics Great Britain ; Biography. Film critics. Marriage. Poets, English.
Price: €60.00