Lorna Hill — Dancer&Apos;S Luck; Dancer in the Wings

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Two popular children's novels on fictional ballerina Annette Dancy, including a first edition, both in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Dancer's Luck and Dancer in the Wings, an early impression of the second and first edition of the fourth novels within the popular Dancing Peel children's series, written by prolific British children's author Lorna Hill. Published in 1958, with Dancer's Luck first published in 1958. In the publisher's original green cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Each novel contains a colour frontispiece and numerous full-page illustrations by Esme Verity, including all two other colour plates in Wings. Collated complete. First inspired to write children's novels on ballet after her daughter became a student at Sadler's Wells, the Dancing Peel series was written alongisde Hill's Saddler Wells series. Both novels follow the career of touring ballerina Annette Dancy, where she performs at the Isle of Skye in Dancer's Luck and on a cruise ship in Dancer in the Wings. In the publisher's original green cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to boards. Small knocks to the heads and tails of the spines, and to the extremities, marginally heavier to Wings spine head with a small crease. Dust wrappers are mostly bright and clean with slight sunning and faint spots to wrapper and fly leaf extremities, mostly to Luck. End papers are bright and mostly clean, with faint offsetting marks to hinges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mostly clean. with a couple of spots to first and final leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Esme Verity. Very Good/Very Good.