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JOHN BETJEMAN : Archie & the Strict Baptists. With illustrations by Phillida Gili

John Murray, London, 1977

First Edition (first printing). Small slim 4to. [28pp]. Yellow cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a small gold-stamped vignette to the upper board. In fine state with non-price-clipped dust wrapper, very lightly rubbed at head of spine panel and with a single tiny tear. The story of Archibald Ormsby-Gore, a strict Baptist teddy bear from Uffington with a curious obsession with Aneucapnic lamps. Written by Betjeman for his family and originally accompanied by his own rough sketches, here delightfully reinterpreted by Phillida Gili (the daughter of Reynolds Stone).. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

1st Edition

JOHN BETJEMAN : Archie & the Strict Baptists. With illustrations by Phillida Gili

J.B.Lippincott, Philadelphia & New York, 1977

First American Edition (first printing). Small slim 4to. [28pp]. Yellow cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a small gold-stamped vignette to the upper board. A hint of tanning to leaf margins, and just a trace of spotting to the free endpapers. Very good indeed in price-clipped dust wrapper, lifting a fraction at the upper and lower edges and with a single tiny internal repair. The story of Archibald Ormsby-Gore, a strict Baptist teddy bear from Uffington with a curious obsession with Aneucapnic lamps. Written by Betjeman for his family and originally accompanied by his own rough sketches, here delightfully reinterpreted by Phillida Gili (the daughter of Reynolds Stone).. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

1st Edition

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