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First thus, the revised edition. When first published in 1968 Tove Jansson insisted that her first foray into adult's literature would not include illustrations of any kind - so intent was she in distancing herself from the Moomins. By 1994 she had mellowed somewhat and agreed to the inclusion of photographs from her own family archives as well as one of her own drawings for this new edition. The original Schildts Swedish language editions of Tove Jansson's works are always the most difficult to locate due to their comparatively tiny print-runs and this one is no exception - very hard to find and particularly in such superb condition as this one. pp. 167, illustrated, Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Helsingfors; Gebers, Almqvist & Wiksell. 1968. 8vo.; original maize-coloured cloth with lettering in black to spine, in pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [vi], 7-146 + [iii]; a fine, uninscribed copy protected by a near fine dustwrapper, priced 23:50 to lower panel; scarce. First Swedish edition; also published in the same year in Finnish by Schildt. The following year an edition by Albert Bonniers, in Stockholm, was issued, together with the first English translation, which was published by Ernest Benn. This critically acclaimed autobiography by the author and artist Tove Jansson is both a memoir and, as the writer Ali Smith puts it, "a book of superb stories". It describes her experiences growing up in a bourgeois, yet bohemian, environment at Skatudden in Helsinki and her summer life in the archipelago. Written throughout in beautifully evocative prose it offers "a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties and the vastness of Christmas viewed from beneath a tree" (blurb from the English edition). Jansson's childhood experiences, lived in the shadow of the dominant figure of her sculptor father Viktor, had an inestimable impact on her later writing and art, and many the episodes described here are recognisable from her Moomin titles. This is the author's first book aimed at an adult audience. It has become one of the quintessential depictions of a Scandinavian childhood. Only 6 copies of the 1968 printing located on WorldCat (B.L.; B.L. reference; Danish Union Catalogue; Nat. Lib of Finland; Kungliga Biblioteket, Sweden; Malmo Stadsbibliotek); more frequently found in the 1969 printing.

First Printing. Printed in the original Swedish language. The 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 signed 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.