SIR JOHN BETJEMAN (1906-84)
A Nip in the Air
1974RCIN 1085139
Betjeman’s collection A Nip in the Air was published in 1974, two years after he had become Poet Laureate. The volume contains his Ballad of the Investiture for The Prince of Wales. This volume is the first of a special edition of 175 copies, printed in 1974.
Presented to Queen Elizabeth II by John Betjeman, 1974