THE SCHOOL AT THE CHALET.

UK,12mo wraps,no dw/dj,as issued,p/back,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published by W. & R. Chambers, LONDON & EDINBURGH,1925, UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.The first title in a long-running series of 60 books/titles.] This edn first published by ARMADA/MAYFAIR BOOKS LTD.,1967,LONDON. C184 to spine and black ink price 2/6 towards front lower corner cover - later imprints had a variety of different price styles.Plus printer's device, Armada Paperbacks strap line and logo - an astern view of ship under sail with words 'for Boys and Girls' below, to front,top left-hand corner. VG+ .No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp, clean,with minor scoring but generally sharp-cornered,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front cover with blue+white 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.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously aged/toned; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - with ubiquitous page-edge toning too,but no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, almost appears unread - apart from reading creases to spine.UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,5-92pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title with 3 'Chalet School' titles (2nd,14th stories and 'The Chalet School and Barbara' as last title) +copyright details to recto,and title page with contents list/ table to it's verso.
Debut book of the entire 'CHALET SCHOOL' series. A boarding school in the Alps! Jo 'Joey' Bettany has been ill. Now,on her way to Austria,all she can think about are the mountains she will see,the snow,the lakes - and the adventures she and her future companions will have! Her older sister,Madge,is opening a girls' school for all nationalities and ages and Jo will be her first pupil.So begins a marvellous series of stories which take you to the Austrian Tyrol, Switzerland,Guernsey, England - and back to Switzerland.In all of them you can follow the romantic and exciting adventures of the pupils of the Chalet School. 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); 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 rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,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. **