A STITCH IN TIME

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1976. Jacket illustration by Elisa Trimby. Summary: A quiet lonely child spending her holiday by the sea is changed by an inexplicable link with people and events of one hundred years ago and also by the very real and lively family next door. Contents: 1). A house, a cat and some fossils. 2). An ilex tree and a boy. 3). Clocks and a sampler. 4). The cobb and some dinosaurs. 5). The day that was almost entirely different. 6). Harriet. 7). An afternoon walk and a calender. 8). The swing. 9). Rain, and a game of hide-and-seek. 9). The picnic. 10). A small black dog and one final piece of blue lias. Dame Penelope Margaret Lively (*1933) is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed author of fiction for both children and adults. 'A Stitch In Time' won the Whitbread Children’s Book Award in 1976.140 pag.. 1st USA edition. Yellow cloth with dustjacket. Fine condition.. 21,5cmx14,5cm.