
827 pages. Portrait and 25 illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech and others. Original marbled endpapers.Prize label from Okeham and Uppingham School, Rutland, England on front paste-down endpaper, dated 1936. Provenance: P.J. Farr. 185 x 130 mm. Contemporary half chocolate brown morocco; spine in compartments with five raised bands and gilt titling; upper cover with Okeham and Uppingham School bage embossed in gilt. Oakham School and Uppingham School, both located in Rutland, England, were founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson. They share a common badge and a strong rivalry, with Oakham's colors being black and red and Uppingham's being blue and white.