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BETJEMAN, John. Summoned by Bells, London: John Murray, 1960. 8, illustrations by Michael Tree, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket (small chip to foot of spine, slightly stained). FIRST EDITION.
Loosely-inserted are 2 autograph letters (signed 'John Betjeman') to the Rev. Canon O. K. de Berry ('Dear holy old canon'), one, dated 21 March 1973, refusing an invitation to 'preach': 'I have been suffering from a thing called nervous exhaustion ... I have been told by the doctor to do nothing for at least a year. So there we are.'
Loosely-inserted are 2 autograph letters (signed 'John Betjeman') to the Rev. Canon O. K. de Berry ('Dear holy old canon'), one, dated 21 March 1973, refusing an invitation to 'preach': 'I have been suffering from a thing called nervous exhaustion ... I have been told by the doctor to do nothing for at least a year. So there we are.'