John Betjeman - Archie and the Strict Baptists - Inscribed First Edition

BETJEMAN, John (1906-1984), [GILI, Phillida, illustrator].

Archie and the Strict Baptists.

London: John Murray, 1977.

INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (26 x 20cm), unpaginated [32]. Publisher's yellow cloth, gilt titles to spine. Dust-jacket with printed price of £2.50 net to front flap. Lavishly inscribed by John Betjeman to Jonathan Stedall to flyleaf.

Internally fine, edges toned. Dust-jacket lightly sunned to spine, some closed tears and curling to extremities. Very good.

The recipient Jonathan Stedall was a documentary filmmaker who had a long professional relationship with Betjeman and made a number of his best loved programmes.