THE HISTORY OF MONTE SANT' ANGELO COLLEGE

North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Sisters of Mercy of Monte Sant' Angelo Congregation, 1975. Unpaginated (124 pages). Intext, b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout (various sources). Book clean. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped and canted backstrip. School emblem in gilt over otherwise plain blue boards. Limited Edition of 2,500 of which this copy is numbered 562. Textblock nominally flecked on foredge, else leaves unmarked. Colour-illustrated (stained glass windows of the Chapel) dustjacket has several closed tears and mild edgewear. Sister M. Baptista Rankin has been associated with 'Monte', first as an enrolled boarder in 1912, as a student, and university, and later as Principal for 26 years. This is her story of the college in its centenary year . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Foreword. Catherine McAuley. Birth of a College. Masalou. The Arts Rule at Monte. Shaping the Future. Times of Change. Experiments in Education. Religio Scientia Cultus. Junior School. Religion. Art. Music. Speech and Drama. Debating and Oratory. Sport and Phys. Ed. Parents and Friends. Ex-Students. Sister M. Baptista Rankin. Book weight approx. 680g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good +. 4to - (approx. 26.5cm x 20cm). Limited (Numbered) Edition.