Summoned by Bells.
by BETJEMAN, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, John Murray, 1960. . First edition, first impression, trade issue, inscribed by the author; large 8vo; trivial spotting, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's green cloth, boards decorated in blind, title to spine gilt, pictorial endpapers, tape stain to front free endpaper, spine very rolled; a bright, sharp copy in the price-clipped dust jacket, with a minor piece of internal repair.
With the author's signed presentation inscription incorporating the half title text, 'To Hilda Vaughan from John Betjeman'.
With the author's signed presentation inscription incorporating the half title text, 'To Hilda Vaughan from John Betjeman'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108758
- Title
- Summoned by Bells.
- Author
- BETJEMAN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, John Murray, 1960.
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Shapero Rare Books
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About Shapero Rare Books
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