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

by Roger Pringle by John Betjeman

$1,750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First edition, no. 41 of 75 copies printed on Zerkall by the Whittington Press, signed by the contributors and specially bound. Title-page engraving by Miriam Macgregor. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter black buckram and marbled paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in slipcase. Item #345628 The present holds no honour for me, onlyThe dreams of the past, this graveyard of monuments

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