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JANSSON**, TOVE: : MOOMIN BOOK ONE: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

CANADA.MONTREAL,QUEBEC.Drawn & Quarterly,January 2007.

ISBN 189437805.

CANADA,slim Folio HB,illustrated,2nd Printing. [Complete number line 10 - 2 descending. Originally and first published in 2006 by this publisher,and a stated 2nd printing.] VG+. No owner inscrptn and an absence of published price.Publisher's original,bright,clean,Moomin characters colour pictorial wrap-around illustrated cloth covered boards - bisected by a red cloth blind spine - the front board with a capitalised yellow-lettered part-title [MOOMIN] and other yellow-lettered sub-title [The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip].A red cloth blind-spine with capitalised,blocked yellow lettered author's name,title and publisher's capitalised initials of name to foot of same, rear board with a wider extent of blind spine with a blocked,yellow letter quote to same and a white-lettered synopsis to board's lower edge,a yellow headband and immaculate burnt orange background with white silhouettes of Moomin characters in assorted poses,illustrated endpapers.Some shelf-wear - mainly rubbing with reciprocal loss of cloth - particularly to bottom corner tips,but other edges and corners unaffected - no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents generally bright and clean - only the blank separator page to the 2nd story's strips has a top corner dog-ear crease - other separator pages unaffected and no other dog-ear crease to any other pages' corners either.CANADA,slim Folio HB,illustrated,2nd Printing,7-95pp [paginated] includes 4 serialised b/w comic strip stories: 'Moomin and the Brigands', 'Moomin and Family Life', 'Moomin on the Riviera', and 'Moomin's Desert Island'; plus [unpaginated] a b/w thumbnail illustrated separator page,a thumbnail b/w illustrated title page,a Contents list/table,individual blank separator pages between stories and to the reverse of the last strip an essay/article on the author by Alisia Grace Chase,PhD.            Visually,the external appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,is also in an almost exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 15+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the faults described that prevent a higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for it's brightnesss and lack of other,or age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a children's book of its age. The enchanting comic strip that introduced adult readers to the wonderful world of Moomin. Tove Jansson is revered around the world as one of the foremost children's authors' of the twentieth century,for her illustrated chapter books regarding the magical worlds of her creation,the Moomins. The Moomins saw life in many forms but debuted to its biggest audience ever on the pages of the world's largest newspaper,the London Evening News,in 1954.The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in forty countries. Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly's publishing plan to reprint the entire strip drawn by Jansson before she handed over the reins to her brother Lars in 1960.This is the first time the strip will be published in any form in North America and will deservedly place Jansson among the international cartooning greats of the last century. The Moomins are a tight-knit family-hippo-shaped creatures with easy-going and adventurous outlooks.              Jansson's art is pared down and precise,yet able to compose beautiful portraits of ambling creatures in fields of flowers or on rock-strewn beaches that recall Jansson's Nordic roots. The comic strip reached out to adults with its gentle and droll sense of humor. Whimsical but with biting undertones,Jansson's observations of everyday life,including guests who overstay their welcome, modern art, movie stars, and high society, easily caught the attention of an international audience and still resonate today.  Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.                                 N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.                     ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                            

CANADA,slim Folio HB, illustrated,2nd Printing.
Not SIGNED.

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