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VILLAGE AFFAIRS
by MISS READ
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON UK: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1977. Book. Illus. by GOODALL JOHN S. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TIGHT FIRM CLEAN COPY OF FIRST EDITION MISS READ NOVEL. GIFT INSCRIPTION DATED 1977 ON FFP. GREEN CLOTH HARD COVER WITH SLIGHT EDGE RUBBING. SLIGHT COCKED SPINE. COMPLETE JACKET WITH SLIGHT WEAR.
Synopsis
Open the gate to Fairacre, America’s favorite English village. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- M and P Books PBFA member
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003566
- Title
- VILLAGE AFFAIRS
- Author
- MISS READ
- Illustrator
- GOODALL JOHN S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MICHAEL JOSEPH
- Place of Publication
- LONDON UK
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Buxton, Derbyshire
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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