A fine clean First Edition copy of the Revised and Updated Version of "Sir John Betjeman's Guide to English Parish Churches", originally published by William Collins in 1958; this Revised and Updated version by Nigel Kerr, which includes a new section on the parish churches of Wales, published by Harper Collins in 1993. This massive tome is a work of loving scholarship, providing a guide to a selected list of parish churches, buildings chosen for their atmosphere and aesthetic merit, the main criteria for inclusion being, in the late Poet Laureate's words, whether a church contains even one object "worth bicycling twelve miles against the wind to see". Those for whom this book is already an old and much loved friend will find it in it's revised form even more invaluable; those, whether believers or unbelievers , who are not yet familiar with it will need little encouragement to appreciate the inspiration and wealth of information it contains. Hard covers, 764 pages, black and white llustrations, original dust jacket.
