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BETJEMAN, John. SUMMONED BY BELLS. London: John Murray, (1960). Advance uncorrected proofs. 8vo., olive wrappers. Slight sun, soil to wraps, spine just starting, with a small patch of dampstain at heel. First few leaves detached but present. About very good., Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of BETJEMAN, John : SUMMONED BY BELLS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Betjeman, John : SUMMONED BY BELLSHoughton Mifflin, Boston, 1960
Slight tanning to DJ and with light chipping; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 97 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Betjeman, John : SUMMONED BY BELLS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Betjeman, John : Summoned by BellsHoughton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1960
97pp. Betjeman's autobiography in verse, Thin 8vo, Fine in Good+ DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Betjeman, John : Summoned by Bells. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. BETJEMAN**, JOHN: : SUMMONED BY BELLSLONDON.JOHN MURRAY,1960. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.2-colour,
red+black pictorial illustrated dw/dj with
2-colour,red+black lettering with minimal
shelf-wear to edges.Miniscule loss to bottom front corner with a small closed tear on top edge and very light creasing to top edge and head of spine/backstrip.
Dw/dj is slightly foxed to all edges except the front+rear bottom edges and lightly grubbed to rear wrap/panel.Top edge dust-soiled and foxed with fore-edge also foxed/spotted.Contents bright,tight
and clean with slight foxing to page edges
and the odd spot in the text - as usual/
normal.Bright,clean,green cloth; blind-stamped bell design bds with bright,crisp,
stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip
and similar bd design b/w line illustrated
eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,111pp includes b/w line illus chapter head+tail pieces by Michael Tree.
'Summoned by Bells' is an autobiography in blank verse.As a narrative it is the touching story of a boy's growth to early manhood - a receptive boy's reactions to Edwardian middle-class life and social occasions, seaside vacations,the excitement of visits to the family factory
which culminated in a crucial and agonising decision to break with family tradition,the typical gaucheries of the public school,the striking and unexpected
moment of religious awakening, and Oxford,
in a series of sparkling character sketches of the great and near great.All the familiar backgrounds are here - Highgate,Cornwall,Marlborough,Oxford - all laced with the changing colours of the
rich thread of experience that provides an ever expanding context.A poet's recollections always have an unusual distinction since the events chronicled are really things that have proved to be milestones towards poetic maturity.
Philip Larkin writes, "In Summoned By Bells"(1960) a sharply-detailed blank-verse account of his childhood and youth he describes his schooldays at Highgate School,Dragon School,Oxford,and Marlborough College and makes clear his father's displeaure at his own unwillingness to succeed him in the family business."
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8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111pp, Blind stamped bell decorative motive on boards. Repeated bell design on end-papers. Front edges a little damp-stained. Attracive blue d.j. woth floral surround to the title. Book Condition: V.g.. Binding: hardback. Jacket: V.g. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Betjeman, John, : SUMMONED BY BELLS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Betjeman, John, : SUMMONED BY BELLSJohn Murray, London, 1960
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 111pp, Illustrated buff d.j. The spine of the d.j. is a trilfe toned but a lovely copy. Blind stamped bell decorative motive on boards. Repeated bell design on end-papers.No clipping, fading, wear, inscriptions or marks. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: hard back. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Betjeman, John, : SUMMONED BY BELLS. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, libri rari, livres rares, rare books and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |