A Nip in the Air.

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one of 175 copies - signed by the author'Almost alone among living poets [Betjeman] is in the best sense a committed writer, whose poems spring from what he really feels about real life, and as a result he brings back to poetry a sense of dramatic urgency it had all but lost.' (Philip Larkin, in The Guardian)First edition, number 117 of 175 copies, signed by the author; 8vo; title printed in red & black, marbled cockerel endpapers; publisher's yellow buckram, top edge gilt, others uncut,; a fine copy in original acetate dustjacket. Show more