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2nd edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: v, 96, [8] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes: Previous ed. London, Architectural Press, 1946. Subjects: Suburban life; Urban areas; Suburbs; Suburbs England Sociological Perspectives. 1 Kg.

Purple hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition with edge-torn and marked dust jacket. Spine faded. Edge-wear. Light page edge browning. Light foxing. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). xi, 501pp.

Second Edition. Very good paperback copy. Wrappers slightly tanned and nicked around the edges. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 21 pages; Physical desc: [21] p : ill ; 22 cm. Subject: Piper, John, 1903-1992. Betjeman, John, 1906-1984. English poetry - 20th century. 1 Kg.

Zustand: Very Good. First FS Edition. VG : in very good condition with brown slipcase. Spine darkened. 250mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). xii, 216pp + plates. 12 b/w plates. Grey illustrated hardback cloth cover.

Piper, John (illustrator). Limited Edition published by Gregynog Press, Newtown in 1983. Folio, bound under the direction of James Brockman in green morocco-backed patterned cloth boards, lettered vertically in gilt to backstrip; housed in the original publisher's cloth-covered slipcase; with frontis and a further 7 double-page illustrations in full colour by John Piper; The BOOK is in Fine condition and the slipcase is in equally nice condition with just a little rubbing in places. Limited edition, one of just 268 copies of which this copy 'No. 109' bound under the direction of James Brockman. Designed by Eric Gee, with a notecard from the Press and a letter from Eric Gee to a Mr Brickman, on Gregynog headed notepaper, in which he apologises for not being able to provide one of the specially lettered editions, which "were sold within seven days of our announcement of publication". A fabulous edition, in fine condition, with the striking full and double page illustrations by the war artist John Piper. Deaths and Entrances was Thomas's fourth volume of poetry, first published in 1946, which takes its title from John Donne's last sermon 'Death's Duell': "Deliverance from that death" Donne writes, "is an entrance, a delivery over to another death." The collection's title poem, written during September 1940, was like many others inspired by the young poet's experiences of the Second World War, and sits alongside others including the famous 'The Hunchback in the Park', 'Poem in October' and 'Fern Hill'. Together, they reflect his own profound experiences, perhaps most strikingly the bombing raids on London, which he experienced during his time as a fire-watcher in the burning city. Walford Davies, one of the leading authorities on Thomas, writes in his introduction that these poems are "amongst the most emotionally vivid and strongly-worded" of the war. "The poems are closer to the real spirit of the times" he continues, "the resilience and the defiance, than any more strictly analytical response would have allowed them to be. The refusal to mourn is a strategy." The book is here beautifully accompanied by eight illustrations in sweeping full colour by John Piper, whose depictions include the fire of the Blitz at the House of Commons in 1941, alongside scenes of Welsh landscapes, buildings and cities which were part of the poet's home, including Swansea, which Thomas himself referred to as my 'ugly lovely town'. The Gregynog Press, founded in 1922 by the sisters Margaret and Gwendoline Davies, rose to prominence during its heyday as one of the best and most revered private presses of the 20th century. After eighteen years, forty-two books and hundreds of ephemeral items, it was forced to close in 1940, reopening under the Welsh name Gwasg Gregynog by the University of Wales in 1978. A beautiful production from the Press. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed dust jacket in clear protective wraps. Previous owner's inscription to fep. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 121pp. Duo-tone lithographic illustrations by John Piper. Illustrated hardback board cover.

Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. VG : in very good condition with marked and chipped dust jacket ; taped repairs to interior. Browning to top edge. Prelims foxed. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). vi, 121pp. Original lithographs by John Piper. Dustwrapper designed by John Piper. Illustrated hardback board cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 34. Original publisher's pale grey cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed presentation and hand-written stanza (page 33, 'A self there is that listens. and yet out of reach) from the author on the front endpaper to the writer, Denys Kilham Roberts (1903-1976), "To Denys, with love from, Walter, Christmas 1946." Very good+ in chipped and worn, good only dust jacket, with three inches missing from spine strap and reinforced at corners. Signedes.

Hardcover. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Design depicts church arches and windows with the black curves and spires and church roof structure with the black ink lines. The colours used and onlays reference stained glass windows." [artist statement]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full transparent vellum over watercolour; Louise Brockman endleaves; aeg; goatskin onlays; gold tooling and lettering; sewn on cotton tapes with split board construction incorporating a supported French groove. Black drop-spine archival box. Small 8vo. 65pp. Illus. Limited edition of 100 copies, this being 26. Signed by author and illustrator. Fine in Fine Drop-Spine Archival Box.

Small 8vo, pp. 64. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine, unread copy in a dustwrapper with some sunning to the spine, but which is otherwise fine. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by John Piper. First trade edition, first issue. An edition of 100 copies signed by both author and artist was also issued. Following the discovery that seven lines were missing from the poem Bristol and Clifton and sixty-four from Sunday Afternoon Service in St. Enodoc Church, Cornwall (as well as at least seven other oversights in proof-reading), this edition was withdrawn immediately on publication in October 1980 and destroyed. The corrected and repaginated 'first' edition appeared in March 1981. Light sunning to the spine apart, a fine copy.