Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson First UK printing with pieces of dust jacket.

Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson. Ernest Benn Limited. (1950). First UK printing "First published 1950" stated with no listing of later printings. 5 1/4" x 8" 170 pages Hardcover with pieces of dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Missing front panel and spine. Has front and back flaps and back panel. Not price-clipped with dj price of 8s. 6d. net. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Green cloth with red line illustration on the front cover and red lettering on the spine. Light cover edge wear. Previous owner name in ball point pen on the first blank page and pencil bookseller's marking inside the front cover. Slight separation in the binding behind the first blank page. No other previous owner markings. There is one folded map in front of the table of contents which has a small tear. No other tears, folds or creases to pages or covers. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. LE30a