Buy this book on-line JOHN BETJEMAN : Archie and the Strict Baptists. With illustrations by Phillida GiliJohn Murray, London, 1977
First Edition (first printing). 4to. [28pp]. Yelolow cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a small gilt-stamped decoration to the upper board. A hint of toning to the leaf margins, else a fine copy in dust wrapper, clipped and re-priced by the publisher, lifting a fraction at the edges 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, penned by Betjeman for his family and originally accompanied by his own rough sketches, which are here delightfully reinterpreted by Phillida Gili (Reynolds Stone's daughter).. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good 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 : Archie and the Strict Baptists. With illustrations by Phillida Gili. 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, antiquarian books, atlases, first editions and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |