Sommarboken (The Summer Book)
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Ferlag, 1974.
Text in Swedish. Signed by the author on the title page. Publisher's white cloth binding with gilt stamping, in white printed dust jacket. Book club edition. Very Good with lean to spine. Dust jacket is lightly edge worn with small loss at the corners and spine ends, lightly marked and soiled with scuffing to rear and surface wear. The story of the relationship between a child and her grandmother, spending time together on a quiet island in the northern sea, as told in vignettes. A touching work of fiction by Tove Jansson, more commonly known as the creator of the Moomins. The Swedish-speaking author is very celebrated in her native Finland, and books signed by her are scarce. Item #170521002
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