First and last loves / John Betjeman.
Sir John Betjeman (1906 - 1984)
Category
Books
Date
1952
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3249309
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi, [1], 244 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill. ; 8vo. (23 cm). Pencil price on front pastedown: "20/-". Pencil date on rear pastedown: "B [i.e. bought?] 12/52". Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Fairhaven. / Anglesey Abbey. / December 1952" [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century bookplate (crest in roundel) with motto ‘Si je puis’ and lettered: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown: 'Bowes & Bowes / New & Second-hand Booksellers / Trinity Street, Cambridge'. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's cream cloth; stamped with blue bricked hearts; blue lettered spine; red top edge.
Makers and roles
Sir John Betjeman (1906 - 1984) , author