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BETJEMAN, Sir John (1906-1984) and Glynn Boyd HARTE (artist). Metro-Land. London: Curwen Press for Warren Editions, 1977. Oblong 8° (175 x 238mm). Colour-printed lithographic frontispiece, additional title and 14 plates by and after Harte, printed by the Curwen Studio, text printed in red. Original white cloth by the Kemp Hall Bindery, Oxford, upper board with colour-printed lithographic lettering-piece, red cloth box.

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BETJEMAN, Sir John (1906-1984) and Glynn Boyd HARTE (artist). Metro-Land. London: Curwen Press for Warren Editions, 1977. Oblong 8° (175 x 238mm). Colour-printed lithographic frontispiece, additional title and 14 plates by and after Harte, printed by the Curwen Studio, text printed in red. Original white cloth by the Kemp Hall Bindery, Oxford, upper board with colour-printed lithographic lettering-piece, red cloth box.

FIRST EDITION, NO. 90 OF 220 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND THE ARTIST. 'These verses are taken from the commentary written by Sir John Betjeman for Edward Mirzoeff's BBC documentary, Metro-Land, which was first shown in 1973. This is their first publication in book form' (preface).
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