> when the *first* edition of Hardy's book was published.
>
I have the 6th ed., and the dates of that edition and the previous ones
are given as 1908, 1914, 1921, 1925, 1928, 1933. My copy is a 2nd hand
one, and it seems that the book was originally awarded to a high school
student. Would s/he be expected to understand it? It was an Upper VI form
prize. Is this the last form, from which students would go on to the
university? The year was 1935.