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Brent-Dyer, Elinor M : The New Mistress at the Chalet School

Chambers, England, 1957

ISBN 0006903908

Boards are marked , pages are age toned and foxed to compressed page edges. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket

1st Edition

BRENT-DYER Elinor M : The New Mistress at the Chalet School

Chambers, London, 1957

8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. blue papered boards with dark blue titling. spine a little rubbed with some peeling of the paper, still VG. 223pp+ frontis. paper age toned. one page has small marginal chip at bottom edge.. Illustr.: D Brook. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket

First Edition

BRENT-DYER**, ELINOR M: : The NEW MISTRESS at the CHALET SCHOOL.**

LONDON.ARMADA/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1969.

ISBN No ISBN.

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/MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1969,LONDON,so UK,p/back 1st edn.(C26 to spine).] VG.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated covers with b/w 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.Some pin point indents - without penetration - to front cover.Rear cover with several,diagonal corner creases in vicinity of rear,lower corner. Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - ubiquitous page-edge toning too,but no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,almost appears unread - apart from reading creases to spine.UK, 12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-157pp [paginated] includes 18 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with copyright etc.,details to verso,title page with contents list/table to it's reverse and to the rear publisher's 2pp advert for available books/titles and the forthcoming 'A Genius at the Chalet School' and 'Chalet Girls at Camp'. "Dear Miss Ferrars,I wish to offer you the post of form mistress . . ." Kathie couldn't believe her eyes,but that's what the letter said! She'd been chosen to teach at the famous Chalet School in the Swiss mountains - what a wonderful start to her career! But she soon discovers that it's not an easy task.Rules are hard to enforce and classes can be a chore.Kathie can't cope with the vain Yseult,while she mistreats the trustworthy Mary-Lou - who in turn saves her from a perilous death . . . Happily,Kathie benefits by her mistakes and pulls through the term with flying colours. 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 a UK,p/back 1st edn of this same title; 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,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured 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. **

UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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