JOHN BETJEMAN: contributes his poem 'The Song of a Cold Wind' to Public School Verse. An Anthology 1924-1925. (PRESENTATION COPY)

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JOHN BETJEMAN : contributes his poem 'The Song of a Cold Wind' to Public School Verse. An Anthology 1924-1925. (PRESENTATION COPY)

William Heinemann, London, 1925

First Edition (first printing) - a presentation copy, inscribed by one of the contributors (E.O.Pearson) who has also provided an additional poem pasted to the front free endpaper. Slim 4to. 40pp. Paper-covered boards with a paper spine label. Boards lightly tanned, a little marked at rear and with a little tight wear to the spine ends. Spine label rubbed and partially illegible. With a light smattering of foxing throughout and a single tiny ink mark to title page. A good, bright copy. No dust wrapper, almost certainly as issued. This publication marks Betjeman's first appearance in bookform, although the poem first appeared a year earlier, contributed anonymously to the school periodical 'Marlburian'.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover

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