First and last loves / [essays and broadcasts on towns and architecture by] John Betjeman

Sir John Betjeman

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/4997

Author

Edition

1st edition

Imprint

London: John Murray, 50 Albermarle Street, W.1., 1952

Physical Description

ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

General Note

Index pp. 235-244.
Photographs and illustrations in the text, and large folding plate (opposite page 14).

Contents

Love is dead -- Winter at home -- Bournemouth -- Cheltenham -- Aberdeen granite -- Leeds -- a city of contrasts -- The Isle of Man -- Antiquarian prejudice -- The architecture of entertainment -- London railway stations -- Nonconformist architecture -- 1837-1937 -- Victorian architecture -- Three churches -- Coast and country.

Binding Note

Grey, black and white dust-jacket with illustrations by John Piper. Ivory cloth blocked in blue. Spine lettered in blue: `First and last loves. John Betjeman. John Murray'.

Subject

Architecture -- Great Britain

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