Physical description

A blue fabric covered hardcover with the title Victorian Reader Sixth Book printed in black lettering at the top of the front cover. Underneath is a black circle with Education Department Victoria surrounding a symbol. Second Edition is printed at the bottom right. There are short stories, poems and black and white illustrations. Trevor. R. is written in blue biro on the right top corner of the front end paper. There are remains of a torn off home made paper cover on the edges of the front and back covers. 243 Pp.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Trevor. R. is written in blue biro on the right top corner of the front end paper.

Summary

The Victorian Readers were a series of school readers (eight in number) produced between 1928 and 1930 for school children in Victoria and used (with revisions) until the 1950s. This is a second edition of The Victorian Readers Sixth Book published by the Education Department of Victoria for use in Grade Six in Primary Schools.