
BETJEMAN, John
Ode On The Marriage Of HRH Prince Charles To The Lady Diana Spencer In St. Paul's Cathedral On 29th July 1981
London: Warren Editions, 1981
Broadside, single white sheet, 485mm x 215mm, with red and blue fleur de lys and encircling decoration. Very light wear and age-toning to extremities, otherwise a near fine copy.
First edition, one of 125 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Betjeman was frail and infirm by this time, as is reflected in his very shaky signature at the foot of the poem -- which finishes: '...all of those assembled there / Are joyful in the love you share.'...
Keywords: John BETJEMAN"
