THE POMANDERS OF LITTLE CHIPPING. by Hakansson, Gunvor. Translated from Swedish by Lisbeth Gombrich - 1962

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1962. 92 pp, 8" H. "(T)he peace (of Little Chipping) was shattered when Mr. Progress of the Progress Company burst upon (the villagers) with devilish all-purpose machines that baked, built, and even taught, quicker and better. The villagers felt they might just as well not be there, and thought they would never free themselves of the tyranny of the machines..Then it began to rain, and it rained until the river flooded the streets and the lower floors of the houses - Everything was topsy-turvy, and Spillman, Mr. Pomander's old octopus friend, was a great help; his eight arms could pick apples under water or fish children from the floods. Nobody really minded the flood for it did ruin the machines, and did rid the town of Mr. Progress forever." Previous owner's information on free front endpaper and name on rear free endpaper along with ink line in rear gutter, one page has closed tear in margin (archivally taped), a few soft wrinkles. Light edgewear to boards, light wrinkling to top/bottom of spine, previous owner's name, decoration and pen line on free rear endpaper. Dust jacket is price clipped and in poor condition with tears, chips, stains, wrinkling, browning, pen line mark on rear flap - but all text and illustrations are complete - now protected in mylar sleeve.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Illus. by Ake Runnstrom..