Step back into the tranquil beauty of rural England with 'Return to Thrush Green', a beloved classic by Miss Read. This hardcover edition adds a touch of vintage elegance to any collection.
Title: Return to Thrush Green
Author: Miss Read (The widely beloved pen name of Dora Jessie Saint, known for her gentle, nostalgic chronicles of English village life).
Illustrator: J.S. Goodall (John Strickland Goodall)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston)
Publication Date: 1979
Edition: Stated First American Edition (Featuring the full countdown numbers 10 down to 1 on the copyright page).
Binding: Original publisher's deep forest green cloth hardcover with gold gilt lettering stamped on the spine.
Condition Notes: Fair / Good Ex-Library Copy.
Exterior: The green cloth boards are structurally flat, clean, and square. There is heavy, uniform sun-fading/browning along the entire spine cloth, though the gold gilt spine text remains fully legible. Light rubbing to the spine headcaps and corner tips.
Binding: The internal hinges are tight and solid; the text block remains firmly bound.
Library Artifacts: Retains its original library charm and markings, including the physical paper check-out pocket and card glued to the front flyleaf (with handwritten names dating back to 1982), catalog numbers in pencil on the title page, and the institutional ink stamps from the Media Center, Calvary Baptist Church, Milton, Florida on the title page and edge.
Interesting Literary Fact: "Miss Read" was the pen name of Dora Jessie Saint, a former schoolteacher who wrote her novels with a very specific purpose: to provide a gentle, reassuring antidote to the anxieties of the post-WWII era. She intentionally created the fictional Cotswold village of Thrush Green as a sanctuary of quiet stability, traditional values, and close-knit neighborliness.
Because her stories felt so vividly real, legions of devoted fans from all over the world would frequently travel to the English countryside to go on searches for the "real" Thrush Green. What makes Return to Thrush Green special to collectors is the artwork inside: it features exquisite, charming black-and-white chapter illustrations by John Strickland Goodall, a celebrated British artist who perfectly captured the cozy, timeless spirit of the English villages Miss Read spent her life celebrating.
Step back into the tranquil beauty of rural England with 'Return to Thrush Green', a beloved classic by Miss Read. This hardcover edition adds a touch of vintage elegance to any collection.
Title: Return to Thrush Green
Author: Miss Read (The widely beloved pen name of Dora Jessie Saint, known for her gentle, nostalgic chronicles of English village life).
Illustrator: J.S. Goodall (John Strickland Goodall)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston)
Publication Date: 1979
Edition: Stated First American Edition (Featuring the full countdown numbers 10 down to 1 on the copyright page).
Binding: Original publisher's deep forest green cloth hardcover with gold gilt lettering stamped on the spine.
Condition Notes: Fair / Good Ex-Library Copy.
Exterior: The green cloth boards are structurally flat, clean, and square. There is heavy, uniform sun-fading/browning along the entire spine cloth, though the gold gilt spine text remains fully legible. Light rubbing to the spine headcaps and corner tips.
Binding: The internal hinges are tight and solid; the text block remains firmly bound.
Library Artifacts: Retains its original library charm and markings, including the physical paper check-out pocket and card glued to the front flyleaf (with handwritten names dating back to 1982), catalog numbers in pencil on the title page, and the institutional ink stamps from the Media Center, Calvary Baptist Church, Milton, Florida on the title page and edge.
Interesting Literary Fact: "Miss Read" was the pen name of Dora Jessie Saint, a former schoolteacher who wrote her novels with a very specific purpose: to provide a gentle, reassuring antidote to the anxieties of the post-WWII era. She intentionally created the fictional Cotswold village of Thrush Green as a sanctuary of quiet stability, traditional values, and close-knit neighborliness.
Because her stories felt so vividly real, legions of devoted fans from all over the world would frequently travel to the English countryside to go on searches for the "real" Thrush Green. What makes Return to Thrush Green special to collectors is the artwork inside: it features exquisite, charming black-and-white chapter illustrations by John Strickland Goodall, a celebrated British artist who perfectly captured the cozy, timeless spirit of the English villages Miss Read spent her life celebrating.
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