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CONTINUAL DEW A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse.

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Book Description

First edition of Betjeman’s second collection of verse, plentifully illustrated. It reprints fifteen poems from his 1932 collection, Mount Zion, and in book form for the first time, other poems from various periodicals, with two notable titles being The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan Hotel and Slough.
Dealer Notes
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 8.5 x 6 [x] + 45 pp. Three poems on thin paper with pictorial borders, printed in red and black, [8] pp., inserted between p. 18-19. Illustrated by artists named in the preliminaries. Decorated by title page vignette and by initials. Printed on grey paper.
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Author BETJEMAN, JOHN. FIRST EDITION
Date 1937
Binding Bound in original black cloth, gilt, with gilt decorative blocks in the form of clasps and ornamental title on front board, all designed by Osbert Lancaster. All edges gilt.
Publisher London John Murray, Albemarle Street, W.
Illustrator Osbert Lancaster.
Condition Slight wear to extremities and some stains on one of the blank rear flyleaves; otherwise a very good copy.
Pages 45

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