Buy this book on-line ANTHOLOGY. John Betjeman : The Compleat Imbiber. An Entertainment. Edited by Cyril RayPutnam, London, 1956
First Edition (first printing). Tall 8vo. 256pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. With illustrated endpapers and drawings contributed by Barbara Jones, John Minton, Edward Bawden, David Gentleman, Walter Goetz, Julian Trevelyan, Laurence Scarfe, Kenneth Rowntree and various others, including some colour examples. One corner knocked, and with a hint of rubbing to the boards in one or two places. A very good copy in price-clipped Gerard Hoffnung-designed dust wrapper, somewhat rubbed, chipped, creased and dust marked with several small areas of loss. John Betjeman contributes his essay 'Wise and Unwise Drinking'. Additional contributions are provided by Nancy Mitford, John Arlott, Louis Golding, John Pudney, Margery Allingham, Compton Mackenzie, Humphrey Lyttelton, Kenneth Tynan &c. Laid-in is a photocopy of a letter from the published to John Betjeman requesting the right to include his piece in the anthology.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair 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 ANTHOLOGY. John Betjeman : The Compleat Imbiber. An Entertainment. Edited by Cyril Ray. 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 fine bindings, livres rares, collectables, atlases and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |