1953 first edition hardback book in very good condition also unclipped dust jacket in good condition ,all pages are clean and crisp no marks or markings the spine is tight and secure, this is a much sort after humorous and dramatic book about the masters of a public school that will delight and enhance any collection. H.S. Hoff (William Cooper) was an English novelist, born in Crewe. After graduating from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1933 he became a science teacher in Leicester, an experience on which he seems to have drawn for his novel, Scenes from Provincial Life. Hoff served in the Royal Air Force in World War II, and later became a civil servant, associating closely with C. P. Snow, who appears in light disguise as Robert in Scenes from Provincial Life and its sequels. After retiring he held an academic position with Syracuse University, New York, lecturing on English literature to its students in London. Hoff wrote four novels between 1934 and 1946 under his own name but mad