An Oxford University Chest

{{Short description|Book by John Betjeman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox book | italic title =  | name = An Oxford University Chest | image = File:An_Oxford_University_Chest.png | image_size = | border = yes | alt = | caption = Title page for ''An Oxford University Chest'' (1970 edition) | author = John Betjeman | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = László Moholy-Nagy<br>Osbert Lancaster<br>Edward Bradley | cover_artist = Osbert Lancaster | country = England | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = Oxford University<br>Architecture | genre = | set_in = Oxford | publisher = John Miles | publisher2 = | pub_date = 1938 | english_pub_date = | published = | media_type = | pages = XIV + 192 | awards = | isbn = | isbn_note = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by =  | followed_by =  | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }} '''''An Oxford University Chest''''' is a book about the University of Oxford, written by the poet Sir John Betjeman and first published by John Miles in London in 1938.<ref>John Betjeman, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=SwSEPQAACAAJ An Oxford University Chest]''. London: John Miles, 1938.</ref> The full title is ''An Oxford University Chest. Comprising a Description of the Present State of the Town and University of Oxford with an itinerary arranged alphabetically.''

The book includes photographs by László Moholy-Nagy and illustrations by Osbert Lancaster and Edward Bradley, the latter reproduced from the Victorian novel ''The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green''.

The title is a pun on the University Chest, the financial treasury of the university. The book provides glimpses into the life and characteristics of the university. Much of the book is given over to an architectural tour of the town and its university buildings.<ref name = "OUC OUP">John Betjeman, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=C027AAAAIAAJ An Oxford University Chest]''. Oxford University Press, 1979. {{ISBN|0-19-281273-4}}.</ref>

A paperback edition was issued by Oxford University Press in 1979.<ref name = "OUC OUP"/>

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