Title: A VIEW FROM THE TOWER: Kilbreda 1904-2004
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Kilbreda College: Mentone, Victoria, Australia
Year: 2004
Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket
Book Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Size: 4to - (approx. 30.5cm x 21.5cm)
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vii, + 307pp. Illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates (archival and private sources), line-drawn plans, and facsimiles.
Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Bright gilt title to front panel of undamaged plain green boards.
Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket lightly edge-creased only.
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'A View from the Tower' is a poignant story of human endeavour in the growth and development of Kilbreda College (Mentone, Victoria) over the past one hundred years (read 1904-2004).
The author, Margaret Underwood, was a student at the school in the 1950's, and, after an extensive teaching career elsewhere, returned to Kilbreda as a teacher of English, History and Religious Education from 1979 until 1996 . . .
Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. Acks. 1904-1928. 1929-1949. 1950-1965. 1966-1984. 1985-2004. Endnotes. Appendices (A: Students 1904-2004). (B: Staff 1904-2004). Bibliography. Index of Names.
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