Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. Illustrated end papers, textblock is clean and tight; Teal cloth spine, cream paper boards; Price-clipped dust jacket, internal soiling to the top edges, surface soiled back cover, minimally shelf worn. 152pp.. First American Edition/1st Printing. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar). Illus. by Andrew Dodds. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

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Open the gate to Fairacre, America’s favorite English village. Having bid a last farewell to her pupils at Fairacre School, Miss Read settles down to what she hopes will be a relaxing retirement. It is not entirely so, of course. She finds herself as busy and in demand as ever: on holiday in Florence, helping with church and school affairs, and offering a kindly ear to her eccentric neighbors. With her teaching days behind her, Miss Read discovers her talent for writing, opening a new and exciting chapter in her life — and bringing to a close her stories of life in Fairacre, the timeless English village beloved by millions of readers.

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Bookseller: Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SB16028
Title: A Peaceful Retirement
Author: Miss Read (Dora Jessie Saint)
Illustrator: Andrew Dodds
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine (in mylar)
Edition: First American Edition/1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0395850622
ISBN 13: 9780395850626
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1997
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: English Fiction, English Novels, Fairacre Fiction, Fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Children's;

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