Buy this book on-line JOHN BETJEMAN. John Piper : Old Lights for New Chancels. Verses Topographical and AmatoryJohn Murray, London, 1940
First Edition (first printing) of the author's third full-length collection of verse. Small 8vo. xix, 67pp + [i] publisher's advertisement. Blue pebbled cloth with a paper spine label and a silk place marker. With a frontispiece silhouette of the author, unaccredited but supplied by John Piper (Piper refused a credit, deeming his work "only a tracing"). A touch of light toning to the free endpapers, else a fine copy. No dust wrapper. An eight-page preface by the author precedes twenty-five poems, including the five Sir John Piers poems which were originally issued in 1938 under his 'Epsilon' pseudonym. With a printed dedication to M[yfanwy] et J[ohn] Piper - the former featuring in the poems 'Myfanwy' and 'Myfanwy at Oxford'. Peterson A8a.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of JOHN BETJEMAN. John Piper : Old Lights for New Chancels. Verses Topographical and Amatory. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, out of print books, rare books, fine bindings and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |