The old public schools of England / by John Rodgers ; with a foreword by Lord Burghley, M.P.
Sir John Charles Rodgers, 1st Baronet, MP (1906-1993)
Category
Books
Date
1938
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3260286
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 112 p., frontis., [96] p. of plates : ill. (1 col.), maps ; 23 cm. Uniformly bound and shelved with other works published by Batsford. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century half green morocco, green cloth over boards; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt panelled spine compartments; buff spine labels, gilt lettered: 'The old public schools of England' and 'John Rodgers'; gilt stamped Fairhaven crest at head of spine [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Original endpapers retained. Binder's stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'
Makers and roles
Sir John Charles Rodgers, 1st Baronet, MP (1906-1993), author David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG, MP (1905-1981), author