Red cloth boards with black titles. Binding firm and square. Pages clean and complete with the expected light age toning. No significant inscriptions, library markings, or annotation noted. Original dust jacket present and in very good condition, showing only light edge wear commensurate with age. Jacket is price-clipped but remains bright and attractive and is now protected in a removable archival sleeve.

224 pages.

A charming blend of ballet school fiction and mystery from one of the best-known authors of mid-century British girls' school stories.

Scarcity: Copies of The Ballet School Mystery are increasingly difficult to locate in collectible condition. Many surviving examples were heavily read by their young owners, and copies retaining the original dust jacket are considerably less common than jacketless examples encountered on the market. The 1959 Hutchinson edition appears infrequently in the trade, particularly in very good overall condition with an intact jacket. Comparable copies are seldom offered by specialist children's book dealers.