Tudor Hall School (2 results)

Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the small complete edition, INSCRIBED TO NESTA INGLIS. 8vo. Signed Bumpus binding in half vellum, gilt ruled panels to spine, green morocco title labels, lettered in gilt, blue linen boards, gilt ruling to boards, initials "T. H. S., 1912" stamped in gilt on upper board. Top edge gilt. Blue marbled endpapers. Affectionate contemporary gift inscription to first blank in brown ink: "Nesta Inglis. With much love. F.M.W. & H.J.W.", some pencil scoring to Preface and 'Of Kings Treasuries'. Else, clean and tidy. Very good A charming copy of Ruskin's essays, affectionately inscribed to Nesta Inglis, the pioneering headmistress of the independent girls' school Tudor Hall, Banbury; seemingly donated to the school library when she was still a pupil (1912). Ernestine "Nesta" Inglis (18951990) was an educator and headmistress, "who played a pivotal role in the history of Tudor Hall: attending as a pupil, rescuing the School from closure as Headmistress and overseeing the eventual purchase of Wykham Park in 1944. Her vision secured the future of the School". According to a former pupil, "Nesta's influence at Tudor was to make it a more progressive school, following The Dalton Plan an educational model that aimed to tailor each student's study to their interests and abilities and to promote independent learning." More recently her talent as a musician was recalled on Desert Island Discs by another former pupil, the barrister Nemone Lethbridge.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1931 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 96 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 96 Volume 1931.…