B35078

Shelfmark

Lk.6.05

Author

Betjeman

Title

Ghastly good taste, or, A depressing story of the rise and fall of English architecture /, by John Betjeman.

Varying form of title

Other title: A depressing story of the rise and fall of English architecture

Edition

1st ed.

Publication, distribution, etc.

London :, Chapman & Hall ...,, 1933.

Physical description

136 p. :, ill., diagrams ;, 20 cm.

Note

Original blue cloth and pink boards.

Note

1st issue. Pages 119-120 are not on a stub and contains the line (in a poem describing a Victorian church) "Come Mowbray swell the praise". Pages 129-130 are on a stub, as seems to be the case with all copies.

Note

With fold out illusted timeline at back of vol.

Provenance

Bequeathed by Kenneth Rose, 2014.

Provenance

Signed in ms. by Kenneth Rose on front endpaper, April 1946.

Copy-specific note

Page from G. F. Sims (Rare Books) listing this book loosely inserted

Subject

Architecture, Great Britain.

Added entry--name

Rose, Kenneth, donor.

Added entry--name

chapman, publisher.

Added entry--place

England, London.

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300##$a136 p. :$bill., diagrams ;$c20 cm.

500##$aOriginal blue cloth and pink boards.

500##$a1st issue. Pages 119-120 are not on a stub and contains the line (in a poem describing a Victorian church) "Come Mowbray swell the praise". Pages 129-130 are on a stub, as seems to be the case with all copies.

500##$aWith fold out illusted timeline at back of vol.

561##$aBequeathed by Kenneth Rose, 2014.

561##$aSigned in ms. by Kenneth Rose on front endpaper, April 1946.

590##$aPage from G. F. Sims (Rare Books) listing this book loosely inserted

650##$aArchitecture$zGreat Britain.

700##$aRose, Kenneth$edonor.

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752##$aEngland$dLondon.