The Centenary Committee, Ackworth School, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library). Illustrator: Mary Hodgson & Edmund Evans. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xxiv + 355pp. Hinges cracked. Spine cocked with minor wear to ends. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. One plate chipped to outer margin. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Corners bumped. Illustrator: Mary Hodgson & Edmund Evans. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Genealogy & Local History; England; 19th century; Education. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51994. .

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Seller: Dreadnought Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 51994
Title: A History of Ackworth School during its First Hundred Years
Author: Henry Thompson
Illustrator: Mary Hodgson & Edmund Evans
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Centenary Committee, Ackworth School
Date Published: 1879
Keywords: BZDB243 Yorkshire Genealogy & Local History; England; 19th century; Education. Mary Hodgson & Edmund Evans Unbranded Henry Thompson A History of Ackworth School during its First Hundred Years
Bookseller catalogs: Genealogy & Local History; Education;

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Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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