Shrewsbury School — 2 Vols the Salopian

Shrewsbury, Printed by Bunney and Davies, 1880-1888. Leather. A substantial two-volume run of fifty-two consecutive issues of "The Salopian," recording Shrewsbury School"s literature, sport and daily life from the years 1880 to 1888. Uniformly bound in half calf with cloth boards.  A substantial and apparently continuous run of fifty-two issues, bound in two volumes and retaining the individual issue title pages.  The official magazine of Shrewsbury School, providing a detailed contemporary record of its academic, sporting and social life.  The first volume comprises Vol. III, No. 5, May 1880, issue No. 21, to Vol. VII, No. 6, July 1884, issue No. 46. The second comprises Vol. VIII, No. 1, November 1884, issue No. 47, to Vol. XII, No. 2, December 1888, issue No. 72. Containing editorials, school news, correspondence, poetry, prose and reports of cricket, football, rowing, athletics and debating. The run spans the school"s removal in 1882 from its historic Castle Gates buildings to the new Kingsland site. Shrewsbury School, founded by royal charter in 1552, is one of England"s historic public schools. The Salopian was established as a forum for school news, sporting records, preserving the voices and concerns of successive generations of pupils and masters. Uniformly bound in half calf with cloth boards. Externally, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to calf. Pale damp staining to perimeters of boards, more prominent to edge of rear board. Slight rubbing to boards. The odd minor mark to boards; small stain to front board of volume II towards joint. Previous bookseller's discreet label to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, if typically age toned with the odd spot, heavier to the occasional issue. Previous owner's pencil annotations to heads of titles to each issue. Rectangular sections excised and replaced with blank paper to pp. 909-912, obscuring approximately half the text to these leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .