An Oxford University Chest
by John Betjeman
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0192812734
- ISBN 13
- 9780192812735
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979 A wonderful memoir and history of Oxford, orginally published in 1938, arguably the heydays of the institution. From the back cover: For Betjeman there are three Oxfords: 'Christminster', Motopolis', and the University. 'Christminster' is the market town of Hardy's Jude the Obscure, with its narrow streets, terrace houses, local pubs, and cheerful community spirit. Motopolis' is Betjeman's name for the industrial invasion of the town begun by Lord Nuffield's motor car factory. But the University is the real focus of this book - its ridiculous yet magnificent pageantry, its bewildering vocabulary ('Schools', 'Torpids', 'subfusc'), and above all its characters'. ----------------------------------------- 192 pages, lavishly illustrated. Index. ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 7" Wide By 10" Tall
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- Bookseller
- Eaglestones (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000648
- Title
- An Oxford University Chest
- Author
- John Betjeman
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0192812734
- ISBN 13
- 9780192812735
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- ACADEMIA, HISTORY OF UNIVERSITIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- EDUCATION;
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