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At Home in Thrush Green
by Miss Read
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5". J.S. Goodall. A lovely, first edition copy of this novel from the 'Thrush Green' series by Miss Read. Enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. The eighth novel from Miss Read's 'Thrush Green' series, which depicts charming chronicles of small-town English life in the countryside.The first edition of this work. Dora Jessie Saint was an English novelist and schoolmistress, best known for her series set in the British countryside being the Fairacre and the Thrush Green novels. Thrush Green is the neighbouring village to Fairacre in the series. Illustrated throughout by J S Goodall. With the price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a small touch of fading to the cloth at the extremities. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart, with some very light edgewear to the head of the spine and a few light spots to the read of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Synopsis
It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the blooming garden of his new vicarage, glad that the squabbles with his parishoners in Affairs at Thrush Green are settled. And yet the good vicar wistfully recalls his former home - the ugly, old rectory of Thrush Green, which burned to the ground. Now, from the rectory's ruins, the villagers are building eight retirement homes for the older folks most in need. But how to choose who will live there? How will they get on together? And how will they accommodate the dogs, cats, and birds that must come along? The spring has brought a new crop of dilemmas, but Dr. Henstock and the villagers are determined to make the old people feel at home in Thrush Green. In the end, harmony is restored to this tiny fictional world. With wit and grace, Miss Read has charmed numerous critics and won the loyalty of readers who will happily find themselves once more At Home in Thrush Green.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 805J30
- Title
- At Home in Thrush Green
- Author
- Miss Read
- Illustrator
- J.S. Goodall
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- thrush green read cottage green
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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