After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her down land village friends. Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the background of roses, skylarks, and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. Perhaps most difficult of all, Mrs. Pringle, the grumpy school cleaner, is unable to work because ...
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After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her down land village friends. Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the background of roses, skylarks, and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. Perhaps most difficult of all, Mrs. Pringle, the grumpy school cleaner, is unable to work because the pain in her bad leg flares up. Still, the sounds of children playing and the fragrance of summertime flowers fill the air, as Miss Read shepherds her students and friends through the season.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Good Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); Illustrated by JS Goodall. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published in Great Britin. 1984'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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John S. Gooddall. Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. Michael Joseph, 1984. First UK edition-first impression. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick, crease and light shelf wear on the edges of the front cover) with Dj(two stain marks on the outer and inner edges of the Dj cover, small tear, some nicks, ink marks and crease on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, b/w drawings. Illustrations by John S. Gooddall. Nice and clean pages with a small mark on the outer edges, two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the front endpaper, small stain mark on the edge of the last endpaper of the book, two small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. The book is in VGC except for the stain marks on the Dj cover.243pp. Price un-clipped.
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Goodall, John S. Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine has liquid splash stain. Light rubbing to head/foot of spine. Jacket slightly chipped around edges. Jacket lightly sunned. Illustrated end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w illustrations.
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First Edition. 242pp. Illus. by J. S. Goodall. Good Plus: spotting on top edge, small stain on front cover. DJ is Good Plus, slightly frayed. (loc 323)
