A School On A Hill Strathcona 1924-1984 Tapa dura - 1986

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Hyland House, 1986. (xii), + 129pp. Illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated colour-plate sections, plus intext b/white halftone plates and facsimiles throughout. Attached blue ribbon bookmark. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped spine. Ditto gilt school motto over lightly bumped (upper foredge corner) blue boards. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with slight colour fade (no text loss) on spine. The author, Margaret Fendley, has had a long connection with Strathcona, having been a student and later a teacher there. In this lively narrative she has chosen to trace the development of the school as an institution, and the effects wrought by the differing personalities of successive heads . . . Contents include: Prelims., List of Illustrations. Preface. 5 chapters. References. Appendices. Sources. Index. Book weight approx. 518g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - (approx. 24.75cm x 18cm).