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John Betjeman
Hardback
Main Details
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John Betjeman
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Sir John Betjeman
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Edited by Hugo Williams
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:112 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126 |
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| Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571247028
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| Classifications | Dewey:821.912 |
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| Audience | |
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| Edition |
Main - 80th anniversary edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
7 May 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In a Bath Teashop Let us not speak, for the love we bear one another - Let us hold hands and look.' She, such a very ordinary little woman; He, such a thumping crook; But both, for a moment, little lower than the angels In the teashop's ingle-nook.
Author Biography
Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. After university he joined the staff of the Architectural Review, thereafter working as a journalist and, during the Second World War, for various government departments. His first book of poems, Mount Zion (1931), was followed by numerous collections, notably A Few Late Chrysanthemums (1954). His poetry enjoyed immense popularity, as did his personality, and his knighthood in 1969 and appointment as Poet Laureate in 1972 were almost universally welcomed.
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