[Abbotsholme School, Derbyshire, progressive school founded by Scottish educationalist Cecil Reddie.] Eleven items of printed ephemera, including illustrated booklets including 'Abbotsholme an Educational Laboratory', prospectuses, advertisements, re

The collection is in good condition, with light signs of age and wear, and two items (noted below) with punch holes. ONE: Large illustrated advertising booklet in brown card wraps. Printed on cover in gold: 'Public-school education to meet present-day requirements: At Abbotsholme School, Derbyshire.' Undated (circa 1910). Landscape 8vo, 30pp. One punch-hole through all the pages. Cover also has large printing in black of school badge. Written in a serious tone and profusely illustrated with photographs of school scenes. Abbotsholme is described on p.3 as 'A modern public school on original and approved lines | Founded 1889, | For boys of the directing classes (ages 9 to 19)'. TWO: Booklet stapled into orange wraps: 'Abbotstholme | an Educational Laboratory'; sub-titles: 'Articles and Books on the New-School Movement' and 'List of Abbotsholme Publications'. Third Edition, 1912. 20pp, small 4to. THREE: Small booklet: 'Abbotsholme and The “New School” Movement; Considered in the Light of the Science of Organisation.' ('Being a Paper read at a Meeting of the Organisation Society by Col. B. R. Ward, R.E., January, 1912.' Published for the Abbotsholme Parents' Association by the Association of Standardised Knowledge, 15-16 Buckingham Street, Adelphi, London, W.C.' 16pp, 12mo. Stapled into printed wraps with illustration of medallion on cover. One punch-hole through all the pages. FOUR to ELEVEN: Collection of Abbotsholme ephemera, in various formats, including (undated unless otherwise stated) 'Abbotsholme School Regulations'; 'Abridged Prospectus' (with photographs); 'Senior Scholarships, 1933'; 'Reprint from “The Times,” Monday, June 29th, 1931' on 'Opening of New Building'; 'List of Staff' ('Printed at the Abbotsholme Press. 1: 10: 1931'); leaf with four photographs of the school on its two pages; 'Fees, Scholarships and Awards'; undated prospectus (4pp, 4to) with 'Specimen Summer Time-Table'.