1989, ISBN: 0719546966

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[EAN: 9780719546969], Near Fine, [PU: John Murray, London England], POEMS/POETRY/LITERATURE/JOHN BETJEMAN, Jacket, HardbackPaintings and Sketches by Hugh Casson .This verse autobiography … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780719546969], Near Fine, [PU: John Murray, London England], POEMS/POETRY/LITERATURE/JOHN BETJEMAN, Jacket, HardbackPaintings and Sketches by Hugh Casson .This verse autobiography relates the story of the author's younger days set against the places and buildings that were significant in his youth - Highgate, Cornwall, Chelsea, Marlborough, Oxford quads, churches and railway stations. John Betjeman's personal and intimate poems have always held the promise of a more sustained autobiography. Summoned By Bells is this autobiography and it is, as one hoped, in verse - the clear, accomplished, captivating, unabashedly musical verse which has made his Collected Poems a bestseller.As a narrative it is the touching story of a boy's growth to early manhood - a receptive boy's reaction 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 background are here - Highgate, Cornwall, Marlborough, Oxford - all laced with the changing colours of the rich thread of experience that provides an ever expanding context. Illustrations. 143pp pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.), Books<

1989, ISBN: 0719546966

[EAN: 9780719546969], Used, good, [SC: 2.45], [PU: John Murray], Jacket, Good Clean Condition Book. Inner flap of the jacket is price clipped. The dust jacket has some small tears. Previo… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780719546969], Used, good, [SC: 2.45], [PU: John Murray], Jacket, Good Clean Condition Book. Inner flap of the jacket is price clipped. The dust jacket has some small tears. Previous owners name-label inside front page. Good condition is defined as: a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day., Books<

1989, ISBN: 0719546966

[EAN: 9780719546969], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.6], [PU: John Murray], Jacket, Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day., Books

ISBN: 9780719546969

Hardback. Very Good., 3