Moomin [1st Ed, Comic Book, 1957]
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Moomin [1st Ed, Comic Book, 1957]

$1,350

By Tove JANSSON

Gorgeous Moomin book – the first of its kind!

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Description

  • First appearance of the Moomin comic strip in book form [in any language]
  • B&w comic strips in three story arcs, thus being:
    • Moomin & The Brigands [91 strips]
    • Moomin & Family Life [68 strips]
    • Moomin On The Riviera [85 strips]
  • Finnish author/illustrator Jansson created the Moomintroll characters in 1945 [The Moomins & The Great Flood], going on to publish nine novels, five picture books & a long-running comic strip [printed in the Swedish-language newspaper Ny Tid from 1947]
  • The English version of the Moomin comic strip ran from 1954 in London’s Evening News
  • Introduction by crime novelist Margery Allingham
  • First Thus [Allan Wingate, London, 1957]; 87pp; illustrated papered boards, small abrasion on front, some marks, v. slight lean, extremities gently bumped, page block lightly spotted, some offsetting to endpapers, a near-fine copy

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