![]() ![]() The first edition of the Swedish Bilbo – en hobbits äventyr (' Bilbo - A Hobbit's Adventure') was published in 1962 and the second in 1994. Tove Jansson illustrated both the Swedish and Finnish editions of Tolkien’s classic 1937 book The Hobbit. That means that first editions with Tove Jansson illustrations are very rare. However, they did not receive such a great reception on release, as readers already had their own imaginations in their minds about these classics from previous editions with other illustrations. Unique opportunities to illustrate other’s books were interesting projects for Tove Jansson and the illustrations were both stunning and personal. Tove also did illustrations for Carroll’s poem book The Hunting of the Snark. ![]() ![]() Tolkien’s The Hobbit and Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The two most important of these were illustrated in the 1960s, J. The Swedish edition is currently not in print.ĭuring her career, Tove Jansson also illustrated books written by other prestigious authors. This is the new Finnish language hardback edition. Tolkien's The Hobbit, which is only allowed by the Tolkien estate to be published in Finnish and Swedish. The Tove Jansson illustrated edition of J. ![]()
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