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These beautifully finished books are faithful to their original 1950s and '60s cover art and layout. Each one has a fully illustrated paper jacket, and an embossed linedrawing on the hardcover underneath. In everything from their font to their endpaper designs, these books are objects of beauty! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinn Family Moomintroll\u003c\/em\u003e is usually regarded as the perfect introduction to Moominvalley. In it we meet the full Moomin family and some of their friends, including the enigmatic Thingumy and Bob, the frightening Groke and the magical Hobgoblin. 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These beautifully finished books are faithful to their original 1950s and '60s cover art and layout. Each one has a fully illustrated paper jacket, and an embossed linedrawing on the hardcover underneath. In everything from their font to their endpaper designs, these books are objects of beauty! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Memoirs of Moominpappa\u003c\/em\u003e, the Moomin patriarch regales us with stories from his heady youth, before he had a family. We learn of his lonely childhood in the Moomin Foundling Home, and his adventures at sea. 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