1960 Summoned By Bells

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition of Summoned By Bells by John Betjeman, in the original publisher's cloth binding and clipped dust wrapper. 

A blank verse autobiography which described Betjeman's early memories of his middle-class upbringing in Hampstead, London, to his departure from Oxford University. The work was read chapter by chapter in a series of radio broadcasts on BBC radio by the author. 

John Betjeman was a twentieth century English poet and writer, and was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984.