After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her down land village friends. Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the background of roses, skylarks, and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. Perhaps most difficult of all, Mrs. Pringle, the grumpy school cleaner, is unable to work because ...
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After a long winter of red noses and wet mittens, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her down land village friends. Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the background of roses, skylarks, and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. Perhaps most difficult of all, Mrs. Pringle, the grumpy school cleaner, is unable to work because the pain in her bad leg flares up. Still, the sounds of children playing and the fragrance of summertime flowers fill the air, as Miss Read shepherds her students and friends through the season.
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Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre to cart. $6.65, very good condition, Sold by Greener Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2008 by Orion.
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Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre to cart. $10.56, good condition, Sold by Balfour Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sidmouth, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1984 by Michael Joseph.
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Goodall, John S. Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Copy in blue cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine has liquid splash stain. Light rubbing to head/foot of spine. Jacket slightly chipped around edges. Jacket lightly sunned. Illustrated end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text and b/w illustrations.
Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre to cart. $16.00, good condition, Sold by M Godding Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Devizes, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1984 by Michael Joseph Ltd.
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Good. Good Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); Illustrated by JS Goodall. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published in Great Britin. 1984'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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New. 2008. Paperback. After a long winter, summer is a welcome time for Miss Read and her village friends. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre to cart. $23.90, very good condition, Sold by Alpha 2 Omega Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southampton, HANTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1984 by Michael Joseph.
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John S. Gooddall. Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. Michael Joseph, 1984. First UK edition-first impression. Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small nick, crease and light shelf wear on the edges of the front cover) with Dj(two stain marks on the outer and inner edges of the Dj cover, small tear, some nicks, ink marks and crease on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, b/w drawings. Illustrations by John S. Gooddall. Nice and clean pages with a small mark on the outer edges, two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the front endpaper, small stain mark on the edge of the last endpaper of the book, two small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. The book is in VGC except for the stain marks on the Dj cover.243pp. Price un-clipped.
Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre / Miss Read; Illustrated By J.S. to cart. $91.00, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1984 by London: Michael Joseph.
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Physical description; 241p ill 21cm. Subjects; Fiction in English 1945 Texts. English literature; 20th century. English literature. English fiction; history. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre to cart. $17.59, good condition, Sold by Friends Tucson rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Good Acceptable jacket. Dust jacket showing minor shelfwear, moderate edgewear; small tears and chips along top edge. Textured hardcover showing minimal corner wear or bumping. Clean pages, no creasing or curling. Page edges unmarked. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona.
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Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre (Thorndike Large Print Popular to cart. $25.69, good condition, Sold by BooksForTheNeedy rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Magna Large Print Books.
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Good. Size: 8x5x1; Order today-sent today with tracking number, M-F*. A good-but-not-great-looking ex-library book with usual labels, stamps. Text is clean but age-tanned. Cover shows abraded edges, several light creases, 2 bumped corners. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. *Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4: 30 PM M-F.
Add this copy of Summer at Fairacre to cart. $27.00, like new condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin.
