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'Fearless and Bold': A Celebration of Blackrock College
Edited by Paddy Murray
This beautifully designed and produced book will be a celebration of Blackrock College’s past, present and, just as important, its future. It is a portrait of a school which, if it’s possible for an institution, has its own DNA. More...

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'Grace and Integrity': A Portrait of The Lady Eleanor Holles School
Elizabeth Hossain
From a school for just a handful of pupils founded in the backstreets of Cripplegate to one of the giants of the educational world, this story of the first 300 years of The Lady Eleanor Holles School is both remarkable and fascinating. More...

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125 Years of Durham High School For Girls: A Birthday Celebration
Edited by Alison Utley
The fascinating story of the School’s original foundation and developments right up to the present. A lively, informative text and over 70 specially selected pictures will bring past and present to life to create a lasting souvenir of this milestone anniversary. More...

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150 Years of Clifton College - 'the Best School of All'
General Editor: Cheryl Trafford
A richly illustrated and documented celebration of the Clifton story and the experience of generations of Cliftonians over a century and a half. More...

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A Brilliant Foundation for Life: A Portrait of Wells Cathedral School
Celebrating 1,100 years of education and music
In an exciting addition to the celebrations planned for the 1,100th anniversary, this book tells the story of Wells Cathedral School and its journey. It focuses especially on the route mapped out by Preb. A.F. Ritchie, Frank Commings, Alan Quilter, John Baxter and Elizabeth Cairncross. More...

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A School with a View - A History of Ardingly College
David Gibbs
A richly illustrated 150th anniversary publication laced with anecdotes and reminiscences, which traces the fascinating history of the Woodard-founded school, Ardingly College. More...

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A Shining Light: 150 Years of Bloxham School
Simon Batten
Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary, this richly illustrated hardback volume traces the remarkable story of All Saints School, Bloxham and gives a fascinating insight into its traditions, customs and achievements. More...

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Badminton School: The First 150 Years
Nigel Watson
Laced with a mix of serious, amusing and moving anecdotes throughout, this richly illustrated volume tells the story of the school in Bristol from its foundation by Miriam Badock in 1858, right up to the present day.  More...

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Bryanston reflections
Angela Holdsworth
A lavishly illustrated and affectionate portrait spanning 75 years, of this unusual and inspiring co-educational school, set in the beautiful Dorset countryside.  More...

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Cardinal Newman's School:
150 Years of the Oratory School, Reading
Tony Tinkel
A vividly illustrated book celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of The Oratory School by John Henry Cardinal Newman, who stands on the edge of Beatification and is regarded as one of England’s greatest Victorians. More...

Charterhouse: A 400th Anniversary Portrait
Advisory Editor Ernst Zillekens with photographs by Roger Smeeton
Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the school, this beautifully illustrated hardback volume will provide a compelling and colourful narrative of our school from its founding by Thomas Sutton in the seventeenth century to the present day and beyond.  More...

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Downe House - A Mystery and a Miracle
Val Horsler
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the School’s centenary, made up of memories, anecdotes, stories and reminiscences from current and former pupils, staff and friends of Downe House. More...

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Eastbourne College - A Celebration
Managing Editor: Val Horsler and Advisory Editor: Forbes Wastie
A series of snapshots rather than a chronological history, this lavishly illustrated hardback book celebrates every facet of the College from its foundation in 1867 to the present day.  More...

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Girls in Green: A Portrait of St Helen's, Northwood
Edited by Susan Millership
A vivid and entertaining portrait of the School’s history, celebrating the experience of being at St. Helen’s, both past and present. It tells the story of the School through informative text, beautiful imagery and fascinating reminiscences from Old Girls, staff and current pupils. More...

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Gordonstoun: An Enduring Vision
Edited by Jill Hollis
Beautifully designed and richly illustrated throughout, this book celebrates all that the School has encompassed in its past, as well as the rich and inspiring education it continues to offer, through lively narrative, rare archive images, recollections from alumni and friends of Gordonstoun and specially commissioned new photography. More...

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H.K. Marsden's War Dead: Losses of an Eton House
Henry Hely-Hutchinson
In his 16 years as House Master (1930–46), H.K. Marsden (or M'Tutor, as he was more familiarly known) had the care of 182 boys, of whom 30 were casualties, 11 being killed between the summer of 1943 and the summer of 1944. In H.K. Marsden's War Dead: Losses of an Eton House, the all-too-brief lives of these 30 men are recounted in a moving, elegant narrative.  More...

Harrow - Portrait of an English School
Robert Dudley
A lavishly illustrated book containing a series of intimate recollections, memoirs and anecdotes from former pupils, many well-known in a variety of fields from TV and drama to sport, politics, commerce and the services. More...

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Independent Vision: A History of The Portsmouth Grammar School
Nigel Watson
This lively and witty narrative shows how Portsmouth's oldest school, founded in 1732, is grounded in the history of Britain's oldest port. It has evolved under a succession of outstanding heads to become one of the country’s leading independent, co-educational day schools with the highest academic standards. More...

Oundle - A School for All Seasons
Editor: Stephen Forge and Photographer: Julian Andrews
A beautifully illustrated landmark 450th anniversary publication of Oundle, one of the UK’s largest public schools and well known for its encouragement of practical and creative skills. More...

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Repton to the End
John Plowright
Much more than a history, this 450th anniversary volume recalls the experiences and memories of Reptonians during their time at the school – the highs, the lows, work and play, characters and personalities, the glimpses of the famous before they were famous, even scandals. More...

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Rugby School - "With a fine disregard..."
Catharine Walston
The first full-colour portrait of Rugby, a school with an iconic past – including the great Dr Arnold and his fictional pupil Tom Brown, William Webb Ellis, who ‘with a fine disregard for the rules’ picked up a ball and ran with it, Charles Dodgson (before he became Lewis Carroll and many other famous names. More...

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School Story - A Portrait of Cumnor House
Nick Milner-Gulland
A beautifully illustrated celebration of the first 75 years of a very special school, brought to life through the many memories, anecdotes, reminiscences and memorabilia from current and former pupils, parents, staff and friends of Cumnor House. More...

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Serve and Obey - The Story of Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
John Wigley
A richly illustrated history of Habs, told with authority and wit, recounts corruption and conflict in many of the early years. By the beginning of the 20th century the School began to grow and evolve very successfully, underpinned by the move to Elstree in 1961. More...

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St Peter's School - Over Ancient Ways
Richard Drysdale
An evocative, beautifully illustrated book about St Peter’s School, associated in one way or another with the city of York for over twelve centuries. More...

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The Family Album: A Portrait of St George's College, Weybridge
Nigel Watson
The first ever richly illustrated portrait tracing the fascinating story of St George’s College, from its foundation in Croydon as the first Josephite school outside Belgium, right up to the present day as a flourishing co-educational school in Woburn Park, Weybridge, with its ever present strong family ethos. More...

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The Scarlet Runners: A Social History of Queen Anne's, Caversham
Daniel Talbot
A Portrait of Queen Anne's School to treasure. In The Scarlet Runners: A Social History of Queen Anne’s, Caversham, individual voices predominate, throwing light on the great variety of experience the school has offered girls through the generations.  More...

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Theodore Mallinson: A Schoolmaster in his Time
Edited by Simon Appleton, Michael Hammerson and Roger Savage
With contributions from over 50 Cholmeleians and former members of staff, this volume pays tribute to one of the most remarkable schoolmasters of his generation.  More...

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Wellington College: The First 150 Years
Edited by Dr Patrick Mileham
A truly worthy portrait of the life, traditions and experience of ‘‘College’’, capturing that essential and unique Wellingtonian spirit. More...

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WGS: A History of Wolverhampton's Grammar School
Paul Cheeseright
This highly illustrated commemorative book celebrates the 500th anniversary of WGS and is a story of endeavour, of challenges confronted, of disputes resolved and of success through adversity.  More...

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