From the sleeve notes: - "Out of the woods one day came a curious creature with friendly eyes. Liselott knew at once that it was a quiffin, and that it belonged to her. The awful things that always seemed to happen to her, like being discovered with a cardboard box over her head and getting stuck up a tree, were somehow made better by having Quiffin. But even Quiffin was no substitute for the best friend she had left behind when she moved to her new home. Gradually, despite her shyness, Liselott found new friends. This enchanting story, told in Liselott's own words, won a prize as Sweden's best children's book for 1962."
The Contents are: - 1. Quiffin and I. - 2. How I found Quiffin. - 3. Building a House. - 4. The Storm. - 5. A Circus Performance. - 6. Playing at Puppet Shows. - 7. Birgit. - 8. The Girls. - 9. Making Friends. - 10. I Climb a Tree. - 11. Running Away.
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A scarce title. On Sale is a 1964 first edition of * Liselott and the Quiffin * by Hans Peterson, translated from the original Swedish into English by Annabelle MacMillan, illustrated throughout by Ulla Sundin-Wickman, published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, this one states to the copyright page: "First published in Sweden as 'Liselott och Garaffen' - © 1962 Hans Peterson - First published in Great Britain 1964", with no other editions or impressions listed, size approximately 7-1/2 inches x 5 inches, with 156 pages.
An ex-library book with paper and card residue to the front endpapers and a reasonably feint "Withdrawn C.C.L." stamp to the title page (see photo's 3 & 4). Protected in the original library-fitted removable clear plastic white-paper-backed sleeve, the original dust-jacket is not price-clipped, it's not faded, a little age-toned on the extremities where the plastic cover has slightly worn through, d.j. not torn and not repaired, the d.j. inside the cover is secured to the hardcover by a strip of clear-tape at both inner flaps, otherwise complete and generally clean and tidy (see photo's 1 & 2). The brown hardcover with gilt spine title, is not faded, it's slightly bumped on the spine-ends, corners squares, gilt very bright and title clearly legible, very sound and not worn or split along the spine-edges, has the dustjacket-securing tape ends to the outside of the rear cover and a strip of tape inside the front cover, otherwise generally clean and tidy. Inside is complete, front endpaper finely split along the fold with webbing just visible and rear endpaper not split, has library paper-residue and tape marks to the endpapers and a feintish black stamp to the title page as noted above, no other writing or graffiti or library marks, hinges sound with boards firmly attached, binding tight with all pages well attached, a couple of corners had been turned, pages not torn, not tanned, scattered foxing to the closed page edges else generally clear, a tiny amount of very pale usage marks, not heavily read, otherwise generally and clean and tidy.
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