My Liverpool Schools, Norman Bridge — 1st Edition

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My Liverpool Schools, Norman Bridge — 1st Edition

Name: My Liverpool Schools, Norman Bridge — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5403
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Publication: Portinscale, The Kirkland Press, 1992

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 212.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The pictorial card wrappers remain exceptionally bright and clean, showing only the faintest trace of rubbing to the extreme corner tips and a virtually imperceptible degree of shelf-handling. The structural integrity of the binding is remarkably tight and square, featuring a completely uncreased spine that strongly suggests the volume has never been fully opened or read. The text block edges are crisp and unblemished, while internally, the leaves remain starkly bright, clean, and entirely free from foxing, moisture damage, or previous ownership markings. A highly attractive, tightly bound, and remarkably well-preserved example of this fragile local history paperback.

Catalogue Note: First Edition. This title represents a rather niche and intimate segment of twentieth-century Northern educational history. It features several monochrome photographic illustrations spanning the front and rear covers, depicting various Liverpool school facades and the author himself.

The volume is notably scarce on the open market today, with only a very small handful of copies circulating globally across aggregate marketplaces. Independent local history publications of this era, especially those bound in standard paperback formats with restricted print runs, rarely survive the decades in such immaculate, unread condition.

A compelling and highly personal history of the Liverpool state school system spanning sixty transformative years. Beginning during the First World War and tracing the dramatic impact of the World War II civilian evacuations, author Norman Bridge chronicles his lifelong journey from city student to Assistant, Deputy Head, and eventually Head of Secondary Modern and Comprehensive Schools. Bridge provides an insightful, critical, and entertaining appraisal of the sweeping educational and social changes in twentieth-century Britain, tackling complex topics ranging from the end of the eleven-plus examination and the heated comprehensive debate, to religious education, school governorship, and the shifting dynamics of the permissive society.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Norman Bridge

Book Publisher: The Kirkland Press

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: History

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 212

Book Publication Year: 1992

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Paperback

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Birkenhead, United Kingdom

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