Public School Phenomenon by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy ISBN 13: 9780140049497

Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Penguin. Fair. 198mm / 129mm. Paperback. 1979. 511 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned. Spine staritng to seaprate fr om text block<br>The public schools of England have long been pra ised and reviled in equal measure. Do they perpetuate elites and unjust divisions of social class? Do they improve or corrupt youn g minds and bodies? Should they be abolished? Are they in fact th e ... .

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979 0140049495. First edition. First Penguin paperback edition. Not an easy book to locate. Ex-university library with the usual stamps plus some transparent reinforcement of cover which has helped to protect book. This is in otherwise Good condition. A photocopied review of the author's colourful autobiography has been pasted inside the front cover and front end page and this covers over the withdrawal stamps etc.The same has been done with blank labels to cover stamps and reinforce on title pages. 511 pages including index plus 12 pages of B/W photos. No inscriptions. .