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  • Publication: The Exploits of Moominpappa Described by HimselfPublication Record # 610699
  • Author: Tove Jansson
  • Date: 1952-11-00
  • Publisher: Ernest Benn
  • Price:
    7/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
  • Pages: 156
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Exploits of Moominpappa Described by Himself by Tove Jansson (variant of Muminpappans Bravader 1950)
  • Notes:
    • 1st edition
    • OCLC 58108330 shows more info with discrepancies
    • Title page may show four lines thus (OCLC 12340978 suggests) (eBay listing confirms 2022-08-29): "The Exploits of Moominpappa" "Described by Himself" "Set down and illustrated by Tove Jansson" "Translated by Thomas Warburton" "Ernest Benn Limited London"
    • Publication date inferred and price from publisher advertisement of contest "Write a Review and Earn a Book" The Observer 1952-11-16 p8; this one "New Moomin book just published"
    • "First published 1952"
    • Dust Jacket: "Each 7s.6d.net"; "8/6 Net"
    • Cover artist must be Jansson
  • External IDs:
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