MANISTY OF THE SCHOOL HOUSE: Public School Story

This is a 1st Edition of Manisty of the School House : Public School Story, by A.L. Haydon (Arthur Lincoln,1872-1964)

It was published by Frederick Warne, London, 1926.

There seem to be differing covers for the first editions; this copy is as above, i.e. 'Public School Story', whereas others say that their books say 'A Public School Story'. As if the typesetter for the original left out the 'A' in the title and they had to quickly reprint it.

The dust jacket here is not perfect and has a lot of wear marks. But it has done its job because the book is absolutely pristine. Never read, no marks of any kind, fully intact, with thick, high-quality paper and lovely colour. 281 pages plus ads, dark orange boards etched with unfaded black type.

Provenance

There is a book plate on the front endpaper. It reads 'Awarded to Donna Reynolds for Attendance at the Morning Service', Wesley Y.W.L'

I think we can assume that YWL is the person who gave her the book; 'Wesley' has to be Wesley College, Dublin, which was the only school with that name which allowed girls at the time.

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