Publication History
The book was first published in English in 1990 by Sundancer. Unusually, but understandably given the nature of the unfinished artwork with Hergé's original hand-written text, the translations do not replace the original text. They are presented separately in a supplementary booklet included with the book.
The 2004 edition, published by Egmont, uses an entirely new layout, mixing Hergé's pages with the text and enlarged frames to highlight parts of the story. It is in the same format as the standard albums—a hardback book, sixty-two pages in length, and is readily available in the UK. The same edition was published in 2007 by Little, Brown/Hachette in the USA.
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