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Bookplate inserted; presentation slip affixed to front endpaper: “Sydney Grammar School Centenary. Presented to The Right Honourable R.G. Menzies C.H., Q.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Australia, with the compliments of the Old Sydneians’ Union on the occasion of the Annual Dinner of the Union, 23rd August, 1957.” Also includes typed menu for the Old Sydneians’ Union Annual Dinner at David Jones’ Restaurant on Friday, 23rd August, 1957 at 6:30pm; wine is matched to food and reads: “Menu [:] Sherry Lindeman’s Special Amonti [-] Hors d’Oeuvres [;] Riesling Lindeman’s Private Bin 757 Hock 1956 Hunter River [-] Lobster Cocktail [;] Riesling Lindeman’s Private Bin 757 Hock 1956 Hunter River [-] Filet of Crumbed Sole [;] Claret Lindeman’s Bin 551, 1954 [-] Roast Filet of Beef, Tomatoes, Peas, Chateau Potatoes [;] Riesling Lindeman’s Private Bin 757 Hock 1956 Hunter River [-] Cassata Italienne [;] Port [-] Selection of Petit Fours [;] coffee”; order of Toasts: “The Queen [;] The School [-] Proposed by The Right Honourable R. G. Menzies, C. H., Q.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Australia. Response by Mr. C. O. Healey, Headmaster.”