BETJEMAN, John (author). A Few Late Chrysanthemums. London: John Murray, 1954.
8vo. Original midnight blue cloth with onlaid paper lettering label to upper panel, preserved in yellow dustwrapper; pp. [v], vi, [vii-x], 3-95, [i]; a lovely copy, the jacket slightly creased, with a few light spots.
First edition. A collection of poems penned since the appearance of Selected Poems in 1948, divided into groups heralded by the sub-titles: Medium, Light, and Gloom.
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