BETJEMAN, John.

Continual Dew. A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse.

Stock Code 107966

London, John Murray, 1937

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First edition of Betjeman's second volume of poetry in the original dust jacket, comprising thirty-three poems with numerous illustrations throughout.

First edition, first impression; 4to; printed on blue paper, illustrations by Osbert Lancaster, de Cronin Hastings, Gabriel Pippet and others, light toning to leaves; publisher's black cloth, title and decoration to upper cover and spine gilt, corners a little rubbed, all edges gilt, with the unclipped pictorial dust jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer, slightly worn and tanned; overall a very good copy.

Peterson A5a.

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