First Edition. xvi, 192 pp. Marbled boards under cloth spine which has gilt devices, bands and lettering within a colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped; top edge gilt. Jacket worn, torn and marked, with several instances of repair with tape. Minor rubs to corners and top of spine; otherwise in near fine condition, clean inside and out. John Betjeman's first published work of prose: a full and whimsical description of Oxford in 1938, comprehensibly photographed throughout by L. Moholy-Nagy, as well as with in text illustrations by Rev. Edward Bradley and Osbert Lancaster. A charming copy, scarce in the jacket.
Title: An Oxford University Chest. Comprising a Description of the Present State of the Town and University of Oxford. With an itnerary arranged alphabetically
Edition: First Edition
Illustrator: Moholy-Nagy, L. ; Lancaster, Osbert ; Bradley, Edward
Location Published: London, John Miles 1938: 1938
Binding: Marbled Boards
Book Condition: Near Fine
Size: Large 8vo. Illustrated
Categories: ARCHITECTURE, Modern First Editions, Firsts Bookfair
Book number: 68471
Keywords: jericho, john betjeman, oxford, oxford university, students, trinity, undergraduates