JANSSON, Tove (author and illustrator). Moominsummer Madness. London; Ernest Benn Limited. 1955.
8vo. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, gilt ornament to front cover, with the orignal pictorial dust jacket; pp. 163, [5], with numerous full page and in-text illustrations; slight dust staining to extremities, jacket worn with minor losses; a few light marks, else very good.
First edition in English.
One summer, a restless volcano erupts, causing Moominvalley to flood and forcing the Moomins to leave their beloved home. Seeking refuge, they find themselves on a mysterious floating theatre.
Moominsummer Madness (Swedish title Farlig midsommar) is the fifth in the series of Tove Jansson's Moomins books, first published in the original Swedish in 1954. A timeless classic, it has been in print for over sixty years and translated into more than fifty languages.
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