THE YEAR AT THRUSH GREEN.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by J.S. Goodall,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with green and black lettering, with colour vignette illustrated rear panel of dw/dj - with a black lettered review; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate green+white illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-266pp [paginated] includes 12 monthly chapters,b/w line illus throughout the text and the book,by J.S. Goodall; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication. In the peaceful Cotswold village of Thrush Green,as the bitter cold of a snowy January gives way to the heart-lifting signs of spring,the residents are busy with their daily concerns: plans for the church fete in July,a lunch party for Winnie Bailey's old friends and alarming rumours that the command room at Rectory Cottages might not be big enough for the old people's needs.In her delightfully observed story of country life,set against the changing seasons of the year,Miss Read is as inimitable as ever: fresh, warm,humorous and gloriously English. Adorned by John Goodall's charming illustrations, 'The year at Thrush Green' is rich with the qualities that have won Miss Read thousands of fans. Want more MISS READ titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS,GENERAL, SIGNED and BIOGRAPHY catalogues. John Strickland Goodall (b.1908) Works as John S. Goodall or J.S. Goodall.Born Heacham,Norfolk,son of a heart specialist.Leaving Harrow School,he worked in the studios of Sir Arthur Cope RA and E.Watson Nicol under whom he 'was taught with loving care to be a mid-Victorian art student'.He also studied under Harold Speed and at the Royal Academy Schools (c1930.). Served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment (1939- 46).Concentrated on line drawing in the 1930's, began painting in watercolours while stationed in India at the end of WW2.Since which,his extensive travels (e.g. twice around the world in a cargo boat) provided him with many landscape subjects; he also paints conversation pieces and late 19thC pastiches in watercolour and gouache.As an illustrator he works in b/w (sometimes in silhouette) and full colour,turning his 'Victorian' early training to good account in evocative period tableaux.In his wordless picture books he has evolved an effective method of telling stories by means of half- pages placed between each double-page spread. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK and all overseas buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free.Free P+p available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.