If headmasters were honest a prospectus would be a book which sa how many kanes he hav, contane a warning about the skool dog and the amount of prunes and rice served during the term. Nigel Molesworth may not be the best student St Custard's will ever have, but he is certainly able to express his feelings about his beloved school - not to mention botany walks and foopball. With his handy guide to Masters at a Glance (Know the Enemy) and Lessons (chiz chiz) and How to Avoid Them, no noble brave fearless etc. boy will ever ...
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If headmasters were honest a prospectus would be a book which sa how many kanes he hav, contane a warning about the skool dog and the amount of prunes and rice served during the term. Nigel Molesworth may not be the best student St Custard's will ever have, but he is certainly able to express his feelings about his beloved school - not to mention botany walks and foopball. With his handy guide to Masters at a Glance (Know the Enemy) and Lessons (chiz chiz) and How to Avoid Them, no noble brave fearless etc. boy will ever have to suffer at the hands of the 'swots, bulies, milksops greedy guts and oiks' ever again WIZZ.
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VG+ in VG jacket. VG+/VG. 8vo. original black boards gilt (some toning & spotting to edges and outer leaves) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed & nicked, slight silverfishing to edges & foldovers, some faint spotting and staining); pp. 106, with numerous illustrations. A very good copy.
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VG+ in VG jacket. VG+/VG. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & toned, prev. ownership RSM to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & a little rubbed & frayed, some marking & toning); pp. 106, with numerous illustrations. A very good copy.
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VG+ in VG- jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered and with front cover illus. in silver. Mild shelf wear, rubbed corners and spine extremities, slight binding lean. Text block edges slightly dulled by age, with slight foxing along top edge. Firm binding, clean interior beyond former owner's signature and inscription "Thou shalt not steal! " along top edge of front flyleaf; rear pastedown a bit age-toned. 106 pp., illus. Yellow illus. dust jacket is mildly soiled on both covers, with tanned spine panel, several short closed edge tears and a few small chips, mild loss at head of spine, both flaps fully intact, now in archival mylar. First American edition, following the British (1953). Scarce.