A PATRIOTIC SCHOOLGIRL

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE FIRST," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Undated but from the titles list a first and therefore 1918.* Publisher: Blackie & Son Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Beige cloth with colour pictorial decorations to front board and to spine showing young girl in school uniform holding a union jack. Spine shows a young girl with a red jacket and a straw hat. Black title to spine and face. Minimal bumps to corners. Light shelf wear to edges and to head of spine. Some small loss (nibbled) to tail of spine and middle of lower front edge. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, browning to end papers and neat light gift inscription with owners name to prelims. No mention of war standard paper and the text block is very clean and bright. Back hinge is just starting to weaken. VG* Illustrations: Five b/w plates & frontis.* Pages: 288 pp. text.* Description: A Patriotic Schoolgirl begins just as Marjorie Anderson, 15, and her sister Dona, 13, are about to be sent off to boarding school. Marjorie is an energetic, outgoing girl but one who is prone to acting impulsively. Dona is much shyer and reserved, content to live in Marjorie's shadow, has no interest in sports, doesn't make friends easily, and would much rather continue to be home schooled. After missing their connecting train to London, making them 2 hours late, they meet a kind soldier who helps them with their unwieldy belongings. Unluckily, when they part at Euston Station and the teacher meeting them sees them speaking with a soldier, Miss Norton takes an immediate dislike to both girls.* A NEAR VERY GOOD copy of the 1st. edition with some wear and prelim tanning reducing it to GD++. No dust jacket.*