WAIT FOR IT AND OTHER STORIES. by McNeill, Janet

Faber and Faber, London, (1972), Ist edition. 190 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "Life for Zelma McCrum was such a highly coloured affair that she put the rest of the Third Form in the shade and it was inevitably Zelma who spread the most sensational piece of news that the form - or anyone else - had ever heard. All the same, Zelma wasn't the only person to whom things happened - what about Emmy Pratt, who to the surprise of even her closest friend was chosen to be May Queen, what about Bill Timmins, newly appointed monitor, and his first experience of power, or Zelma's aunt whose stylish hat was caught in the teeth of the dinosaur in the Museum, or Mr. Bishop who always expected the worst and sometimes got it? These stories about the experiences of pupils in a country school are funny, perceptive and true to life." Small "star" stamp on front pastedown, light wrinkling at top of spine, tiny crease at top corner of a few pages, tiny bump to top corner of boards, minor soiling and very light edge wear on boards, small very light stain on bottom of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, has light wrinkling along top edge, several tiny dents on spine and front hinge, minor rubbing. VG-/VG-.