Lot 85
  • 85

Betjeman, John

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Summoned by Bells. London: John Murray, 1960
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF TITLE, small 4to, plain illustrations, original green cloth binding [with:] loosely inserted, typescript poem by Betjeman here entitled 'The Beautiful Woman', published as 'Lenten Thoughts of a High Anglican', [c.1973]

Condition

A good copy
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Catalogue Note

Betjeman was well known to the Churchill family. In the early 1930s Betjeman and Randolph Churchill, Mary's brother, shared a house in Culross Street, Mayfair, belonging to the surrealist Edward James.