First edition, first impression. 212pp, with occasional black and white plate illustrations. Burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips. Upper text block edge a light dust speckled. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Square and firmly bound. In its original dust wrapper, rubbed and bumped at edges, a tad faded, lightly sunned over spine, slightly shelf worn.
Morris Marples looks at the schooling of heirs to the English throne, and their siblings, from the time of Henry VIII onwards, developing some striking portraits of royal tutors and reflecting on the educational aims and techniques prevailing in different periods.
