ASSON, Tove; Kingsley HART (translator). Moominpappa at Sea. London: Ernest Benn. 1975.
8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of £2.50 to front flap, top edge blue; pp. 192, black and white illustrations throughout; minimal shelf wear to boards, very slight wearing to top edge of jacket, an unusually bright and clean copy; fine.
Fifth impression of the UK issue in which Moominpappa searches for a fresh start.
Hoping for a new beginning, the Moomin family set sail. They arrive at a remote island where they make their home in an abandoned lighthouse. As time passes, however, questions begin to arise about their surroundings, and the island starts to become a place of uncertainty.
Moominpappa at Sea is the penultimate novel in the Moomin series. It was first published in 1965, and is loved by many across the world.
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