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SPENDER, J[ohn] A[lfred]: : LIFE, JOURNALISM AND POLITICS. [Volume 1.]

LONDON.CASSELL,1927.

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UK,8vo HB,gilt school crest+motto,1st edn. [The school was established in 1877.In 1896 Plymouth College bought Mannamead School (founded in 1854),and was temporarily known as Plymouth and Mannamead College.In 1976,the first girls were admitted to the school's sixth form.Plymouth College became fully co-educational in 1995.In 2004,the school absorbed St Dunstan's Abbey School,an independent school for girls founded by Lydia Sellon.A Public School with Independent day and boarding.Motto: Dat Deus Incrementum, School song 'Carmen Collegii Plymothiensis.' Former pupils are known as Old Plymothians and Mannameadians (OPMs).] VG+. No owner inscrptn per se,but School's b/w presentation Prize bookplate with award details - school name,date, prize name,pupil name,subject,and headmaster's handwritten signature to front pastedown. Publisher's original navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked School crest+Latin motto towards centre of upper board,genrally bright and reasonably clean,but sporadically and minimally marked with random blemishes to rear board.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present.Corner tips with inevitable minor rubbing with colour loss and both head+foot of spine/backstrip with bumping,creasing,rubbing and minimal colour loss too.Top edges very lightly aged/toned without foxing,fore-edges with minimal but sporadic foxing; contents generally bright,tight,clean,solid and sound other than some sporadic foxing to prelims at front,upto a couple of pages of first chapter - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread,apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,gilt school crest+motto,1st edn,1-245pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,author's Preface,and Contents list/table. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor faults described that prevent a slightly better grading. Spender worked in the golden age of journalism in Britain before broadcasting. He was variously,assistant editor and editor for 36 years (1886-1922),spending 3 years (1893-6) as editor particularly,of the afternoon paper,'The Westminster Gazette',which was widely read by influential people mainly because of the articles that Spender wrote.Spender was on terms of confidiential friendship with Rosebery (Liberal Leader,Prime Minister, March 1894 to June 1895),Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal Party leader,Prime Minister,1905 to 1908),Asquith (Liberal, Prime Minister - 1908-1916),Haldane and Morley. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB,gilt school crest+motto,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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