London, Saunders and Orley, 1846
Eton College interest. A fascinating insight into life at 'that great capital of England's schools' (p.3) during the Regency Age, charting the pseudonymous author's trials and tribulations from Greek grammar ('such odd stuff' p.14) to the flogging endemic to education in that period.
First edition; 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm); poem by Thomas Gray tipped-in to front fly leaf, light foxing, mostly to preliminary and terminal leaves; contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt with raised-bands, marbled boards, top edge gilt, light wear and slight loss of colour to spine, in the main a very good copy; [8], 150, [4]pp
First edition; 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm); poem by Thomas Gray tipped-in to front fly leaf, light foxing, mostly to preliminary and terminal leaves; contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt with raised-bands, marbled boards, top edge gilt, light wear and slight loss of colour to spine, in the main a very good copy; [8], 150, [4]pp
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