GIBERNE, AGNES (1845 -1939) / PRITCHARD, CHARLES (1808 - 1893) .
The Ocean Of Air : Meteorology For Beginners By Agnes Giberne ; With A Preface By The Late Rev. C. Pritchard., D.D., F.R.S. ETC. Fifth Thousand .
London: Seeley And Co. Limited, Essex Street, Strand, 1894 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 7.5" x 5.25" x 1.25". 8vo. pp.xiv/[2pp.]/pp.340 + [16] leaves of plates. Red leather prize binding for Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith. A very good and tight binding, just light rubbing to the edges. Gilt crest to front board. Spine with 5 raised bands gilt decorated compartments and black leather title label. Marbled page edges and matching endpapers. Prize label to verso of the front board for "W. Ayres" dated July 27th 1896, and signed by "C. J. Smith Head Master" ** "Reverend Charles Pritchard (29 February 1808 – 28 May 1893) was a British astronomer, clergyman, and educational reformer. He founded the Clapham Grammar School in 1834 and included sciences in the curriculum.." - See Wikipedia *** "Rev. C. J Smith was the first headmaster of the newly opened Latymer Upper School, 1895 .

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