Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Stated 15th printing.
Book is in Very Good condition, with minimal edgewear to cover, some scattered small brown spots on cover. Spine lightly cocked. Prior owner name written neatly in pencil in front endpaper. Text pages clean and tight.
Dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with very light edgewear, front jacket flap clipped on bottom, price still visible on top corner. Brodart dust jacket protector now in place.
Synopsis
The wild and raucous character of Pippi Longstocking was created by Astrid Lindgren and named by her daughter, who was requesting a tale to be told while sick at home. The strong and unconventional Pippi has been an inspiration to many young girls ever since. Pippi was first written and published in Sweden in the 1940s but translated into an American edition in 1950. The story of Pippi has been censored in some translations to make her a bit more of a "respectable young lady," while her anti-authoritarian outlook was accepted more readily in other countries. Some of the more modern editions have modified some of the insensitive cultural stereotypes used in the original text. "A rollicking story of Pippi, who lives without any grownups in a little house at the edge of the village. The matter-of-fact ways in which her absurd adventures are related is one of the chief charms of this story." - The Horn Book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20138
- Title
- Pippi Longstocking
- Author
- Astrid Lindgren
- Illustrator
- Louis S. Glanzman
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- children, pippi longstocking, literature, juvenile, classics, vintage, 1960s
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children;
Terms of Sale
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Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....