Book Excerpt: et he must, and usually does, know every boy in the School by sight, and something about him. He must never attempt to acquire information by obvious cross-examination either of boy or master, or he will be accused of prying and interference; and he can never, or should never, discuss one of his colleagues with another. And yet he must have his hand upon the pulse of the School in such wise as to be able to tell which master is incompetent, which prefect is untrustworthy, which boy is a bully, and which House ...
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Book Excerpt: et he must, and usually does, know every boy in the School by sight, and something about him. He must never attempt to acquire information by obvious cross-examination either of boy or master, or he will be accused of prying and interference; and he can never, or should never, discuss one of his colleagues with another. And yet he must have his hand upon the pulse of the School in such wise as to be able to tell which master is incompetent, which prefect is untrustworthy, which boy is a bully, and which House is rotten. In other words, he must possess a Red Indian's powers of observation and a woman's powers of intuition. He must be able to suck in school atmosphere through his pores. He must be able to judge of a man's keenness or his fitness for duty by his general attitude and conversation when off duty. He must be able to read volumes from the demeanour of a group in the corner of the quadrangle, from a small boy's furtive expression, or even from the timbre of the singing in chapel. He must notiRead More
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) 2nd edition. Navy cloth with bright gilt titles on front board and (faded) spine; corners rather 'turned in'. Some pale foxing within; edges rough cut; pages neat & well preserved; lovely colour frontis. 15 page catalogue at rear.
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Fair. No Date Given. T.N. Foulis. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Blue boards. Black titles. Boards marked. Spine worn. Message to previous owner on front inside page. End pages discoloured. Some foxing throughout. 8 x 5.
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Lewis Baumer. Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 2nd edn. 227p, 15p ad. Dark blue bds, yellow titles to front and spine, cover soiled. Top-edge gilt, other two edges uncut. 12 coloured illus by Baumer.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN:
