JANSSON, Tove (author and illustrator). Moominsummer Madness.

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 original pictorial dust jacket; pp. 163, [5], with numerous full page and in-text illustrations; wearing to jacket with some creasing to edges and some losses including to the front cover (5.5 x 1.5cm) and over the spine to the back cover, a little sunning to spine with some rolling to crown and base, slight dust staining and a few light marks; 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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