Ronald Gurner — The Day-Boy

London, Grant Richards Ltd , 1924. First edition. Cloth. A remarkable copy of this vanishingly scarce first edition novel by Ronald Gurner, complete with the original dust wrapper. First edition of this very scarce work. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper, in very smart condition for its age.This novel, written by headmaster and author Ronald Gurner, follows a group of boys in London begin education in a Secondary School, the compulsory attendance of which was still a fairly new regulation for children at the time. Gurner became Headmaster of Strand School, Brixton (of which this novel is based on) before being appointed Headmaster of King Edward VII School (Sheffield) in 1926, shortly after this work's publication.  In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with sunning to the spine. With minor chipping to the head and tail and a couple to the flyleaf joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spot. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.