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==Background details==
Summoned by Bells is an autobiography written in prose by Sir [[Author::John Betjeman]]. A short letter from Sir John Betjeman to Robert Maugham]<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Maugham,_2nd_Viscount_Maugham</ref>, the novelist and playwright (e.g. The Servant)and nephew of William Somerset Maughan is attached inside the front page of the book. Written in 1955, it might be possible that Betjeman was referring to Maugham's newly published book called "Behind the Mirror". Betjeman had written a review of the book in the Daily Telegraph in which is said ‘Robin Maugham can write ... the sincerity of the author and his gift of narrative and brief[ly], certain powers of describing a scene, character make him a fiction addict's delight.'

The letter was written from Betjeman's London residence <ref>http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/cloth-fair-43-6349</ref> which can still be visited today, still in the decoration style the Betjeman would have recognized

Betjeman later contributed five sonnets for Maugham's novel "The Barrier" in 1973

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First published by [[Publisher::Murray]] in [[news date::1960]].

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==Book Details==
*Category: [[Book Category::Antique Books]]
*Purchased: [[Purchased Date::2015]]
*Price Paid: [[Price::$300.00]]
*First Edition?: [[First Edition::Yes]]
*Condition?: [[Condition:: Excellent]] 
*Comments: [[Comments::UK first edition]]

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