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First UK edition hard back binding. Rebound in banana yellow buckram covers, red title lettering to the spine, red vignette to the front cover of Moomintroll and Sniff, new pale yellow end papers, all page edges gilt. 8vo. 7�'' x 5''. 'Comet in Moominland' is the second in Tove Jansson's series of Moomin books. Originally published in 1946, it marks the first appearance of several main characters, such as Snufkin and the Snork Maiden. This first English translated edition, published in 1951, is a translation of the first version of Jansson's book, which she was later to revise. The revised version was published in 1968 and contains a number of minor differences; for instance, the Silk Monkey character is changed to a kitten. Contains 192 printed pages of text with splendid monochrome illustrations throughout. Some of the illustrations have been neatly coloured-in with water-colours, name to the half-title page, in matching slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Comet in Moominland is the second of Tove Jansson's Moomin books, where the Moomins set out on a journey to a desolate observatory on the Lonely Mountains to find out if a comet is going to hit.