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Bildhuggarens Dotter (Sculptor's Daughter): A Signed Presentation Copy
by Jansson, Tove
- Used
- Signed
- First
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sastamala, Finland
Item Price:
US$5,605.60
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About This Item
First Printing. Although not marked as such on the wrapper or covers, almost certainly an Advance Reading Copy of the true first edition of Tove Jansson's Sculptor's Daughter. Softcover, pp. 146(7), index, plain white card covers in dustjacket which is fixed to the book at the spine. 21 x 13 cm, edges untrimmed. A presentation copy of this important book from the author to her Godmother, the artist Ragni Cawen. At the front endpaper the author has written "Till Ragni av Tove. -68" and underneath has drawn a little heart. A unique and touching copy. Shelf-worn at the edges and corners of the covers and showing its age a little but overall in VG condition.
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Details
- Seller
- Northern Lights Rare Books
(FI)
- Seller Inventory #
- 27012001
- Title
- Bildhuggarens Dotter (Sculptor's Daughter)
- Author
- Jansson, Tove
- Format/binding
- Softcover
- Book condition
- Used
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Schildts
- Place of Publication
- Helsinki
- Date published
- 1968
- Keywords
- MOOMINS, MUMINTROLLET, ART, ILLUSTRATION, FINNISH SWEDISH LITERATURE, AUTHOR-SIGNED,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Tove Jansson;
Terms of Sale
Northern Lights Rare Books
Any item may be retuned in the unlikely event that description does not match.
About the Seller
Northern Lights Rare Books
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Sastamala
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About Northern Lights Rare Books
Fine and rare books with an emphasis on signed books and autograph material. Special interests and expertise include the works of Tove Jansson and we are active buyers of her works - feel free to contact us if you have material to sell.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...[more]
- reading copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not...[more]
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...[more]
- edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...[more]
- spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....[more]
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