Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson. Ernest Benn Limited. (1951). First UK printing  with no listing of later printings. 5" x 7 1/2"  192 pages  Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Bumping and wear on dj edges with some tiny tears. About 1/8" deep chips at the top and bottom of the spine. Some light stains on the top of the back panel. Not price-clipped with dj price of 8'6 net. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: Bright red lettering on spine with a small bright red illustration on the front cover. Light cover edge wear with some bumping. Some dicoloration along the bottom edge of the front cover and spine. It looks like there is an erasure mark on the first blank page. I see no other previous owner markings.  No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. KL08a