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HARROW RECOLLECTIONS

HARROW RECOLLECTIONS

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A classic old boy's account of Harrow School in the early Victorian period in which the author's reminiscences include chapters devoted to cricket and cricket fagging along with football and other subjects; the author was Douglas Straight, the MP, judge and journalist who wrote under the name of Sidney Darryl. [Padwick 1470]

8vo. 124pp. Marbled boards with red morocco spine and corners. Gilt letters to spine. Covers lightly rubbed and with a few minor bumps to edges. A very good copy. First edition. 

Date
1867
Publisher
George Routledge & Sons Ltd.
Author
AN OLD HARROVIAN (Douglas STRAIGHT aka Sidney DARRYL)

£130.00 (Code: 102583)

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