Author: Edmund Blunden
Title: Christ&Apos;S Hospital a Retrospect
Description: London, Christophers, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the history of the Christ's Hospital school, written by the alumni Edmund Blunden, illustrated. The first edition of this work. A detailed work on the Christ's Hospital in Horsham, England. Christ's Hospital is a day and boarding school, founded in 1552, receiving its first Royal Charter in 1553. Notable alumni include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seven plates. Collated, complete. Written by Edmund Blunden, poet and author who was known for writing about his experiences in World War I. Blunden attended Christ's Hospital. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little fading to the spine. A few minor marks to the boards. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are starting slightly but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: christ's hospital london horsham england london edmund blunden school Not Stated
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Title: Christ&Apos;S Hospital a Retrospect
Description: London, Christophers, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the history of the Christ's Hospital school, written by the alumni Edmund Blunden, illustrated. The first edition of this work. A detailed work on the Christ's Hospital in Horsham, England. Christ's Hospital is a day and boarding school, founded in 1552, receiving its first Royal Charter in 1553. Notable alumni include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seven plates. Collated, complete. Written by Edmund Blunden, poet and author who was known for writing about his experiences in World War I. Blunden attended Christ's Hospital. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A little fading to the spine. A few minor marks to the boards. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are starting slightly but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: christ's hospital london horsham england london edmund blunden school Not Stated
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 697P5
- Book number: 697P5
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