NEW BATS IN OLD BELFRIES

by John Betjeman

$75 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: John Murray, 1945. First edition. Red cloth, with printed paper label on upper cover; 12mo. 54 pp. Fine fragile wartime production in slightly soiled, sunned and price-clipped dust jacket, with short tears at the spine. Overall a far nicer than usual copy of his fifth collection of verse in a prolific career.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.