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Reminiscences of a Headmaster, Aske’s School, 1932-61

Author(s):

Goddard, E H

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Yes

Dust Jacket Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Privately Published by Hutchinson Benham

Publication Year:

1972

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

034242

Catalogue(s):

£28.70

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First edition, first impression. [viii], 198pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth very slightly pushed at spine tips and on corners. Top text block edge dull. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original shelf worn dust wrapper, rubbed and bumped at edges.

A fascinating study of a particularly eventful period in the life of a school. When E H Goddard became headmaster at Aske’s School, Hatcham in 1932 the country was suffering from the privations of the post-depression years and his headmaster ship was to continue through war time and the years of reconstruction and into the Cold War. With a wealth of detail recording the successes and failures of Aske’s School, Hatcham, it also provides an insight into its evolution in a changing social environment.

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