Miss read pseudonym dora jesse (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition, first printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny tear to the upper spine. The 20th book in the Fairacre series. "Miss Read greets her retirement with excitement, determined to prove wrong the friends who doubt that shell be able to cope. Upon her return from a trip to Florence, Miss Read is ready to settle down to a stream of lazy days. Of course, thats not about to happen. The eccentric Fairacre characters weave a colorful background as the beloved schoolmistress tackles new problems ranging from coping with strange electronic appliances to the worries of advancing age."--Fantastic Fiction. Andrew Dodds (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The 13th book in the Fairacre series. "The English village of Fairacre may appear idyllically peaceful to passersby, but those who live among its shady lanes always have problems to untangle. When a terrible rumor emerges - that the Fairacre School is to be closed and the children bused to nearby Beech Green - the village is up in arms at once. The schoolmistress, Miss Read, suffers agonizing indecision at the prospect, and her situation is made worse when her infants' room teacher decides to leave and the short-tempered Mrs. Pringle becomes more contrary than ever."--Fantastic Fiction.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The ninth book in the Thrush Green series. John S. [Strickland] Goodall (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing. 1996 date printed to the title page, "First American edition" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page, and $21.95 price and date code 1096 printed to the jacket's flap. Set in one of Read's beloved fictional villages in the Cotswolds, this Thrush Green tale is rich with the author's highly acclaimed observances of nature and the changing seasons, each of the twelve month chapters depicting village life and activities, spiced with humor. Fine in cranberry linen over cream-blue boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine; pale-yellow headband and tail-band, basket illustrated end-papers; in a very nearly fine dust jacket; original printed $21.95 price and date code 1096 still intact to the front inner flap.…