Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.) The School at the Châlet
£395
London & Edinburgh, Chambers, [1925].
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial brown cloth.
The first book in Brent-Dyer’s famous ‘Chalet School’ series, which would go on to span 45 years. Originally set in the Austrian Tyrol, the school relocated four times, first to the Channel Islands in 1939, then Herefordshire, Wales and Switzerland. A rare first edition.
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Some light foxing internally; spine slightly creased and darkened, but overall a very good copy.
Plates by Nina K. Brisley.
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