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At Home in Thrush Green
by Miss Read
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good -
- Seller
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Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good -. J. S. Goodall. First American Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Hardcover. DJ not price clipped. DJ in good condition with bumps and dents at top edge of front panel. Brown paper and blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Edges bumped with small dents at top corner. Slight spine roll. Binding tight. Fore-edge of textblock has a small chip at the top corner. Ex-Library copy with usual markings. Decorative blue illustrations at endpapers unmarked with some foxing and discoloration. Pages clean and unmarked. B&W frontispiece illustrated by J.S. Goodall. A very nice first edition of Miss Read’s beloved novel. First Edition
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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- Bookseller
- Honest Dog Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A803981X03AOU
- Title
- At Home in Thrush Green
- Author
- Miss Read
- Illustrator
- J. S. Goodall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 261
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Bayfield, Wisconsin
About Honest Dog Books
Honest Dog Books is a family-run new and used general interest bookstore with a long history in Bayfield, Wisconsin. Owners Julie Buckles and Charly Ray are wilderness travelers with a team of sled dogs, two teenagers, and deep love for community, literature, and conversation.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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