John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and first president of The Hackney Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television.
Books
Collected Poems
1958
ISBN 9780374126537
UC New Penguin Book of Love Poetry, The - CANCELED
2003
ISBN 9780141926612
An Oxford University Chest
1970
ISBN 9780854096473
Summoned by bells
1976
ISBN 9780719533495
Trains and Buttered Toast
2006
ISBN 9780719561276
Summer
A Nip in the Air
1974
ISBN 9780393044157
Tennis Whites and Teacakes
2007
ISBN 9780719569043
A Ring of Bells
1962
ISBN 9780719501012
Victorian and Edwardian London
1969
ISBN 9780713401127
London's historic railway stations
1972
ISBN 9780719525735
The Best of Betjeman
1978
ISBN 9780719568329
Ghastly good taste
1986
ISBN 9780712694629
Sweet Songs of Zion
2007
ISBN 9780340943762
Betjemans England
2009
ISBN 9781848540910
Poems in the porch
1954
ISBN 9781847063281
Victorian and Edwardian Oxford from old photographs
1971
ISBN 9780713401189
A pictorial history of English architecture
1972
ISBN 9780719526404