Tales of Saint Austin's.

£4,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

First edition of the author's third book. A collection of stories and essays on the subject of British public school life, with all except one having previously appeared in the schoolboy magazines, The Captain and Public School Magazine. With The Captain magazine prize plate to the front pastedown dated April 1907. First edition, first issue; 8vo; 12 black and white plates, 'The Captain' magazine prize plate to front pastedown, light spotting and offsetting to prelims and endpapers; publisher's red pictorial cloth, gold and black lettering and blue-grey, yellow, gold and black illustrations on upper cover and spine, corners and spine tips slightly rubbed, a little foxing to edges, else very good. McIlvaine A3a.

• Binding: Hardcover

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