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3pp., 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. He expresses the grief of his wife and himself at Joy's loss, and continues: 'I seem to have known your two girls ever since Molly was quite a chidl and we heard so much of them from her that we seemed to know them better nd be more interested in them than in other girls that we saw far more often.' He continues with a comment on how the loss must be affecting the surviving sister Mary.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first edition of this charming guide to the founding of Cambridge University's second oldest college. The first edition of this privately printed study of the history of Michaelhouse College, Cambridge. The college existed between 1323 and 1546, when it merged with King's Hall to form Trinity College.Tipped in prior to the front free endpaper is a slip of paper, on Trinity College letterhead, reading 'With the compliments of the Master and Fellows'.Illustrated with a frontispiece, the work traces the founding of the college on the occasion of its 600th anniversary.With the armorial bookplate of G Talbot Griffith to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Light discolouration to back strip, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Light marks to boards. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Slip tipped in to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …