A GENIUS at the CHALET SCHOOL.

UK,12mo wraps,no dw/dj,as issued,p/back,revised,1st edn thus. [Originally published by W. & R. Chambers,LONDON & EDINBURGH,1956,UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.This revised p/back edn first published by ARMADA /MAY FAIR BOOKS LTD.,1969 (C289 to spine), so a UK,p/back,revised 1st edn thus.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.A really, bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front cover with black+red lettering to front cover and black-lettered story precis to rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.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 a partially read reading crease to spine.UK,12mo wraps,p/back,revised 1st edn thus,7- 125pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with available titles list to vers,title page,contents list/table and to the rear 3pp publisher's advert of available titles and forthcoming 'Goodbye Gemma' by Noel Streatfeild.
There are just two important things in Nina Rutherford's life; her father - and music.She has never been to school and never wants to.She is sure no school would let her play the piano for four hours a day.Then her father is drowned in Italy and Nina,lonely and miserable,is horrified to learn that her guardian wants her to go to school,just like any ordinary girl.But Nina isn't ordinary,she has genius,so it's fortunate for her that he decides to send her to the famous Chalet School,high in the Swiss Alps.And it's here that Nina learns there are other things in life just as important as music - such as friendship. . . 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,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 @ 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.
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