First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by the author, "To Vincent Harris, from John Betjeman in gratitude for a Hyhgate [sic] evening on June 14 1961. Chapter I is relevant." The recipient was E. Vincent Harris (1876–1972), the English architect. Betjeman included a commentary on Harris's design for the Civic Hall in Leeds in his 1952 book First and Last Loves – a collection of prose writings on architecture.
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