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READ**, MISS [pen name DORA JANE SAINT. **]: : A Peaceful Retirement. [bw line illustrations by Andrew Dodds.]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1996.

ISBN 0718141233.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Andrew Dodds,illustrated dw/dj front with black+knaki letters,similar letters to a white spine/backstrip,rear panel with b/w line illustration by Andrew Dodds and khaki+black letteres critics' reviews to white background; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing at head of spine.All edges bright,clean and without blemih; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, generally sharp-cornered - front lower corner with tiny bump+creasing,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate green+white line illustrated endpapers,and a very slight lean to book.UK,slim,small 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-151pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,b/w line illustrartions by Andrew Dodds,interspersed throughout the text and the book. Want more MISS READ titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2, GENERAL, SIGNED and BIOGRAPHY catalogues. Miss Read greets retirement with considerable excitement,and is determined to prove wrong those friends who doubt that she will be able to cope lone.In fact,she is pressed to join all sorts of activities in Beech Green,particularly by the Annetts who need help in church matters, and she has to take evasive action. Her friend Amy suggests that they both visit the beautiful city of Florence,to 'kick up their heels' while Amy's husband is attending a conference.When they return,Miss read settles down to what she hopes will be an endless stream of lazy days.It is not entirely so,of course. Henry Mawne has some trouble with his new wife, and tries to enlist Miss Read's sympathy,with acrimonious results.She learns to turn a deaf ear to the attentions of John Jenkins and his persistent offers of marriage,ignoring especially Amy's enthusiastic promptings from the sidelines. The Fairacre characters,so well loved from the previous books,weave a colourful background: Bob Willet and his young helper,Joseph Coggs,reign supreme in the garden,whilst Mrs Pringle continues to cluck over the state of Miss Read's housekeeping.Miss Read herself has to tackle new problems ranging from being able to cope with strange electronic appliances to the worries of advancing age. The many fans of Fairacre's retired schoolmistress will be delighted that her good humour and good sense triumph in the end,and she does indeed settle down to a peaceful retirement. Please contact seller,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. ALL 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/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations 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. **

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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