Exercise book
J. Sisman (fl.1912-1917)
Category
Education objects
Date
1915 - 1916
Materials
Paper
Measurements
172 mm (height); 114 mm (width)
Place of origin
Darlington
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671502
Summary
A small exercise book with a limp dark red cardboard cover. The pages are cream coloured with blue lines. The first three pages contain English and French vocabulary written in pencil, then lists of authors and their books and at the end a list of international stamps. Most of the pages are blank throughout. In the book is a loose sheet of blotting paper with a printed inscription in purple ink on each side. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the last written page: 'J.L. Sisman (Saxon Footer Capt.)/Form V 1915-1916/Darlington Grammar School/Darlington/Durham/England/Europe/The world/near Croft (There are variants on other pages)' On the loose sheet: 'Price (on one side) and The Future (on the other side)'
Makers and roles
J. Sisman (fl.1912-1917), author Bailey & Co Ltd , manufacturer