Tove Jansson. 
 
Avon: 1976. First American edition. Softcover. Scuffing on the edges of the covers. Top corners of both the back and front covers have been bent. A few small smudges on the edges. On the inside of the cover are the scars of a removed sticker. Text is clean. 192 pages. Very good. 
 
Jansson's prose is addictive. Like the sketch lines of an cartoonist its simplicity shows us our dreams and desires. The dream of this book is true. It is Jansson's past: a childhood among a happy family of artitsts in a beautiful place. 
 
"Grandfather was a clergyman and used to preach to the king."