First edition, first printing. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine titled in black. Illustrated throughout by the author. Text in Swedish. An very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents, with minor toning to the margins of the prelims are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.
A lovely example of this collection of nine Moomin stories comprising: Vårvisan (The Spring Tune); En hemsk historia (A Tale of Horror); Filifjonkan som trodde på katastrofer (The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters); Historien om den sista draken i världe (The Last Dragon in the World); Hemulen som älskade tystnad (The Hemulen Who Loved Silence); Berättelsen om det osynliga barnet (The Invisible Child); Hatifnattarnas hemlighet (The Secret of the Hattifatteners); Cedric (Cedric); Granen (The Fir Tree).
Stock code: 25051
£275