Summoned by Bells (Signed by Author)
London: John Murray, 1960. Hardcover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 111 pages; Signed by Author. Fine in Fine dust jacket. An exceptional collectors copy, signed by Betjeman. A fine book, a fine dust jacket, small white mark on the back, but otherwise unblemished. In protective mylar cover. Laid in is a newspaper clipping of Betjeman's funeral. Signed by Betjeman in the bell on the title page; "Sonning on ThamesBerkshire. John Betjeman made me". Autobiography by John Betjeman written in blank verse, it describes his life from his earliest memories up to his premature departure from Magdalen College, Oxford. Published in 1960, Betjeman read the book chapter by chapter in a series of radio broadcast on the Third Programme of the BBC. There was also a BBC film version directed by Jonathan Stedall in 1976. F. Item #10024
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