JOHN BETJEMAN. Bevis Hillier. — Young Betjeman. (THE DEDICATION COPY)

John Murray, London, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First edition - the dedication copy, inscribed by the author "To Oliver, one of the dedicatees, with much love from his uncle, the author, Bevis. Redhill, July 1988". 8vo. 479pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with over forty captioned photographs. A very good copy in dust wrapper. The first volume of Hillier's mammoth three-decker biography of Betjeman, the research and writing of which occupied twenty-five years. (Oliver is the youngest child of Hillier's sister, Mary Thompson). Peterson O98., Very Good, Very Good