Sculptor's Daughter
by Tove Jansson. Translator: Kingsley Hart
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0380007517
- ISBN 13
- 9780380007516
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A Flare Book, Avon Books; New York, 1976. First Flare Printing. Softcover. Acceptable. 8x5x0. [MOOMIN]. Tove Jansson. Translator: Kingsley Hart. "Sculptor's Daughter." New York: A Flare Book, Avon Books, 1976. English language. Softcover. Text with black and white photos. 9 x 6 x 0.75 inches. 12 oz. 192 pp. Wear on covers. Abrasion on front cover. Book a bit wavy. Remainder mark on top of page block. Tideline visible on back cover. Tidelines visible in the interior pages near gutters. Evidence of some water damage. Text clean. Reading copy. Fair. ISBN: 9780380007516. "Tove Jansson's memoirs of her early years, filled with joy, exuberance, and the satisfaction of beingwith an abundance of photographic illustrations.The excitement of being alive and savoring the good things that are life pervades all the writing of Tove Jansson. The beloved nine volumes of her Moomintroll chronicles for younger readers, her two adult novels, The Summer Book and Sun City; and her internationally known paintings and drawings reveal this delight in existence. In her memoirs of her very early years she shares the pleasures of growing up with a happy, freedom-loving family and with nature in Finland. It is a childhood memory that speaks to people everywhere.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Exchange Value Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0002235
- Title
- Sculptor's Daughter
- Author
- Tove Jansson. Translator: Kingsley Hart
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Flare Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0380007517
- ISBN 13
- 9780380007516
- Publisher
- A Flare Book, Avon Books; New York
- Place of Publication
- Usa
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8x5x0
- Keywords
- Tove Jansson, Moomin, Jansson, Memoir, Autobiography, Biography, Finland, Finnish, Sculptor's Daughter, Artist, Comics, Cartoons, Flare, Avon, Scandinavia, 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir;
- X weight
- 12 oz
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Exchange Value Books
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Exchange Value Books uses USPS media mail and ships within two days excluding extraordinary circumstances. I will ship to anywhere in the world that the numerous US embargoes do not forbid, however, if the real international shipping cost is in great variance to that listed, additional shipping may need to be charged. If one is purchasing from a prison, please indicate the specific rules for shipping books to the institution. Exchange Value Books encloses ordered books in waterproof mylar and protects books with cardboard and sufficient packaging.
About the Seller
Exchange Value Books
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Brooklyn, New York
About Exchange Value Books
Exchange Value Books sells uncommon art catalogues, academic monographs, photobooks, and political ephemera, shipping from Brooklyn, New York.
The dealer is an alum of the Rare Book School and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar.
I started in the trade at the Wexner Center for the Arts bookstore, and previously worked for the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and the Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art's Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.
Besides selling books, I proofread them for Farrar, Straus and Giroux. jamespayne.info.
The dealer is an alum of the Rare Book School and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar.
I started in the trade at the Wexner Center for the Arts bookstore, and previously worked for the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, and the Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art's Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs.
Besides selling books, I proofread them for Farrar, Straus and Giroux. jamespayne.info.
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