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Convocation In The University Of London The First Hundred Years
by Dunsheath, Percy; Margaret Miller
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
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Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
London: The University of London. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light shelf wear and tear to unclipped DJ, corners lightly bumped with small ding to fore edge of front board, slight foxing to edges of reading block. ; First edition, first printing with no other printings listed, April 1958. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, pictorial endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; B&W Photographs; 214 pages; A history of the first one hundred years of one aspect of the University of London, the right for the graduates to have a say in the governing and future of that University, the largest by student numbers in the UK. It became an association for those who attended from 1858 to 2003, when it closed due to falling numbers as graduates were more interested in supporting the needs of their individual institutes. But during it's lifetime it helped to move the university from a purely examining board to a place where teaching and research took place. It also played a major role in supported women's education. Foreword by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. .
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- Bookseller
- Books in Bulgaria
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33823
- Title
- Convocation In The University Of London The First Hundred Years
- Author
- Dunsheath, Percy; Margaret Miller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- The University of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cricket And Other Sports;
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