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GODLINESS AND GOOD LEARNING: FOUR STUDIES ON A VICTORIAN IDEAL
Written by D. Newsome.
Stock no. 1831252
Published by John Murray. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Rootless, godless, ignorant and lost," the adjectives used by an eminent scholar to describe the rising generation of our times, could never be applied to the generation that grew into manhood at the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851. For this was an age of dedicated lives, of men who were proud of the past and confident of the future, of a ruling class which was both purposeful and devout. Includes two biographical studies, one of an idealist Victorian headmaster and one representing the exemplar of the ideal, a Winchester schoolboy. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii and 291 pages including index. Light rubbing and minor discolouration to top & tail of spine. Text block browned with some foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. A few scattered foxspots. Purple patterned dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears and chips.

CAMBRIDGE COMMEMORATED: AN ANTHOLOGY OF UNIVERSITY LIFE
Written by Laurence Fowler; Helen Fowler.
Stock no. 1831190
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The daily lives of dons and students, town and gown relations, change and continuity are unfolded in letters, diaries, memoirs, novels, college records, newspapers and magazine articles. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 384 pages including index. ISBN: 0521257433. Boards clean. Text block slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light page edge browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly edge-creased.

THE HISTORY OF ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY SCHOOL (ARDWYN) 1896-1973
Written by Huw Spencer Lloyd.
Stock no. 1830948
Published by Ardwynian Association. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

This book is an attempt to trace the development and the subsequent history of a secondary school founded in the last years of the last century; in common with other Welsh county schools it was a step into the unknown. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 340 pages including subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 0900439807. Cover edges lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded with vertical reading crease. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

CRADLED IN COPPER THE STORY OF COPPERWORKS INFANT/NURSERY SCHOOL LLANELLI
Written by Isobel Sadler.
Stock no. 1327209
Published by Carmarthenshire County Council. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. 150 Years 1847 to 1997. ISBN: 0906821290. Some rubbing to corners. Light crease to lower corner of front cover (also affecting the pages a little).

1898-1998 SERVE & OBEY: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF WEST MONMOUTH SCHOOL
Written by Arthur Crane.
Stock no. 1323411
Published by West Monmouth School. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 129 pages. ISBN: 0953466809. Bumping to lower edges of front and rear boards.

1898-1998 SERVE & OBEY: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF WEST MONMOUTH SCHOOL
Written by Arthur Crane.
Stock no. 1823612
Published by West Monmouth School. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 129 pages. ISBN: 0953466809. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

A HISTORY OF ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE ONCE CATHARINE HALL CAMBRIDGE
Written by W.H.S. Jones.
Stock no. 2136328
Published by Cambridge University Press. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Some fading to spine, especially top and tail. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped with loss; spine heavily browned and edges.

LONDON AT SCHOOL: THE STORY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD 1870-1904
Written by Hugh B. Philpott.
Stock no. 1820500
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1st 1904. Good condition.

The story of the London School Board. Red cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. Ex-lib with usual marks mainly to text block and front endpapers. Boards a little grubby. Spine browned and marked. Front joint starting to crack from base. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Text block browned. Contents generally clean.

WELLINGTON ROLL OF HONOUR 1939-1945
No author listed.
Stock no. 1818669
Published by Wellington School. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine faded. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Includes relevant newspaper cuttings.

"ROSSALL WILL BE WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
Written by Peter Bennett.
Stock no. 2128595
Published by Rossall Archives. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Rossall school. Large format. Red boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. ISBN: 0951962809. Light bumping to corners. Includes a letter SIGNED by and from the author.

THE FIRST SIXTY YEARS 1896-1956
Written by E.P. Glover.
Stock no. 2113641
Published by R.H. Johns Limited. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

The story of Newport High School for Boys. Blue cloth. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Browning to spine. Foxing to outer page edges.

A HISTORY OF THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE PARISH OF LLANTILIO-CROSSENNY IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1807551
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st 1924. Good condition.

Founded 10 August 1654 by James Powell of Cymmerau, Gentleman. Grey card wraps. 44 pages. Splash stains to front cover. Pages are uncut at top edge suggesting the book has never been read. Pages untrimmed at vertical edge so that the contents are wider than the covers, ageing the unprotected paper. Else contents clean.