EXCITEMENTS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL.

UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn.[Originally published by W. & R. Chambers,LONDON & EDINBURGH,1957,UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. This p/back edn first published by ARMADA,1981.(C1915 to blue spine with black+yellow lettering.] VG.No owner inscrptn,but red ink felt-tip pen X to top corner of title page.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - rear lower with corner crease,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front cover with orange and black lettering to front, black-lettered story precis to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Front cover with a pair of parallel diagonal creases and rear panel also with amateurish price removal.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - ubiquitous page-edge toning too,but no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - tiniest of accidental corner creases to first 6pps' lower corner,otherwise almost appears unread - apart from light,partially read creases to spine.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-192pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters; plus [unpaginated] title page with dedication to recto and contents list/table.
It's the winter term at the Chalet School,and Emerence Hope, Len Maynard and the rest of the lively Inter V can't wait for the fun to begin! But the thrills of skiing and the annual pantomime are forgotten when Joey Maynard announces that the Chalet will soon be twenty-one years old,and everyone must prepare for the greatest celebrations in the school's history.Suddenly there are a million and one plans in the air,but everyone is amazed when noisy Inter V come up with the most exciting scheme of all . . . Elinor M. Brent-Dyer (b.1894 - d.1969).British authoress of nearly 100 girls' stories,chiefly in school settings.She created the 'Chalet School' series,beginning with 'The School at the Chalet' (1925) - see my book ID rja784818 for UK,pb 1st edn; these were set in an international school in the Tyrol and centred on the character of 'Joey ' Bettany - one of the original nine pupils when her sister opened the school,an English girl who rises to be head of the school and then in adult life becomes a writer of girls' stories. The Chalet School stories, published over a period of at least 40 years,have introduced young readers to scores of girls, each with one dominant trait illustrated through suitable vicissitudes.The clever and the careless,the earnest and the mischievous,the lonely and the debonair - one after another the girls appear, make their mark on the stories,and vanish again.Jo alone is drawn in some depth and forms a link between many of the stories,even when she is glimpsed only in the reminiscences of other characters.The last book in the series, 'Prefects of the Chalet School', was published posthumously in 1970. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **