TRAINS AND BUTTERED TOAST by John Betjeman 2007 - 'A Volume No John Betjemaniac Will Be Without'

Betjeman, Sir John

ISBN 10: 0719561272 / ISBN 13: 9780719561276

Editore: John Murray Publishers Ltd, London England, 2007

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### TRAINS AND BUTTERED TOAST by John Betjeman 2007 - 'A Volume No John Betjemaniac Will Be Without' ## ## THIS BOOK: Classified as VERY GOOD. The 2007 edition, First published in 2007. The book cover is full colour glossy, with a slight crease on the bottom right, no bumping or foxing, and the edge of the page has slight discolouring, a nice clean copy, the spine is still reasonably tight. ## ## TRAINS AND BUTTERED TOAST - 'A real treat . . . A lovely, lovely anthology' Daily Mail ## ## Broadcasting in the golden age of wireless, Betjeman was a national treasure for millions of devoted listeners. His eccentric, whimsical, and homespun radio talks were collected in book form for the first time. His enthusiasms are infectious from trains and buttered toast to hymn-writing vicars and Regency terraces. Travel with him as he potters about at the seaside, delves into country churches and marvels at provincial cities. And rediscover, as he did, how to appreciate our discarded heritage. 'l shan't tell you where all the lovely places are,' he says playfully, 'l want them to myself. But I'll tell you where to look.' ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. Please get in touch with me for a shipping quotation. ##. Codice articolo MMNF-248-nonfict

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Titolo: TRAINS AND BUTTERED TOAST by John Betjeman ...

Casa editrice: John Murray Publishers Ltd, London England

Data di pubblicazione: 2007

Legatura: Softcover Printed Full Colour

Condizione: Fine

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Riassunto:

Betjeman's infectious enthusiasms have made him a keystone of England's common culture.

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John Betjeman was born in 1906 in London, and went to the Highgate Junior School, where his teachers included T.S. Eliot. After leaving Oxford without a degree, Betjeman was briefly a schoolmaster, then worked for Shell as Editor of their Town Guides, and for the Architectural Review. An increasingly popular poet and television personality, he published his long autobiographical poem SUMMONED BY BELLS in 1960, the same year he was awarded his CBE. He was knighted in 1968 and appointed Poet Laureate in 1974. He died in 1984.

John Betjeman was born in London on 28 August 1906. He was educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1931 his first book of poems, 'Mount Zion', was published by an old Oxford friend, Edward James. His second book was 'Ghastly Good Taste', a commentary on architecture, published in 1934. He was knighted in 1969 and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1972. John Betjeman died on 19 May 1984 at his home in Trebetherick, Cornwall and was buried at the nearby church of St Enodoc.

Stephen Games writes about architecture and language. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, made documentaries for BBC Radio 3 and has worked for the Independent, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, and was deputy editor of the RIBA Journal. In 2002, he edited the radio talks of Nikolaus Pevsner. He has edited several collections of John Betjeman's work including TRAINS AND BUTTERED TOAST, TENNIS WHITES AND TEACAKES and BETJEMAN'S ENGLAND.