Tove Jansson: 'Comet in Moominland', translated Elizabeth Po...

Hammer

£420

Tove Jansson: 'Comet in Moominland', translated Elizabeth Portch, London, Ernest Benn Ltd, 1951, 1st English language edition, black & white illustrations by Tove Jansson throughout, original pictorial cloth, dust wrapper (edge worn, part loss at foot of spine, publisher's 8/6 net price sticker attched to inside front flap). The second novel in Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson's celebrated series of Moomin books, contains the first appearance of several main characters, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden. Very scarce