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HERGE** - [pseud Georges Prosper Remi]: : LES ADVENTURES DE TINTIN - L'ILE NOIRE [French edition.]

BELGIUM.CASTERMAN,1984.

ISBN 2203001062.

Belgium,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn thus.[Originally serialised in a newspaper's youth supplement 'Le Petit Vingtieme',of the parent newspaper 'Le Vingtieme Siecle' during April to November 1937,the first b/w book appeared in 1938,in 1943,the story was coloured, and re-drawn in Hergé's distinctive style for republication In 1966,in a fixed 62-page format.The 7th title in a series of 24.This edn 1984 with text in French language.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no price-removal to cover - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered, glossy colour pictorial illustrated front card cover with black lettering,a red spine/backstrip with black lettering,rear cover with publisher's colour advert in 22 thumbnail book cover colour illustrations of the other titles in the series - all in French language edns.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Immaculate pale blue+white cartoon illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread apart from my own collation. Belgium,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn thus,1-61pp [paginated] includes story in colour cartoon strip format with French language text; plus [unpaginated] coloured circular vignetted title page and reverse of last page. The story tells of young Belgian reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy,who travel to England in pursuit of a gang of counterfeiters.Framed for theft and hunted by detectives Thomson and Thompson,Tintin follows the criminals to Scotland,and discovers the counterfeiter's lair on the Black Island.'The Black Island' introduces the recurring villain Dr. Muller,the evil German psychiatrist,and has been widely cited as one of the most popular instalments in the series. When it came time to translate the book into English,the story is set in Great Britain,the opportunity to redraw the entire book was taken. The publishers,Methuen,decided that the book did not portray Great Britain accurately enough,and compiled a list of 131 errors of detail which would have to be put right,such as ensuring that the British police were unarmed and ensuring scenes of the British contryside were more accurate for discerning British readers.The resulting album is the dramatically updated and redrawn 1966 version that is the most commonly available today. The characters in Herge's original editions: Milou (Snowy),a wirehaired white terrier dog, Tintin's loyal companion.Dupont et Dupond (Thomson and Thompson) are two incompetent detectives who look like identical twins,their only discernible difference being the shape of their moustaches.Other allies include the brash and cynical Capitaine Haddock (Captain Haddock), the intelligent but hearing-impaired Professeur Tournesol (Professor Calculus). Hergé was made the editor of a new youth supplement,titled 'Le Petit Vingtieme' of the parent paper 'Le Vingtieme Siecle' a Roman Catholic,conservative Belgian newspaper based in Hergé's native city Brussels.For political reasons,the Nazi authorities closed down 'Le Vingtieme Siecle',leaving Hergé unemployed.In search of employment,he got a job as an illustrator at Belgium's leading newspaper,'Le Soir' (The Evening) which was allowed to continue publication under German management.On 17 October 1940,he was made editor of the children's supplement,'Le Soir Jeunesse',in which he set about producing new Tintin adventures which were also spun into a successful Tintin magazine.In September 1944,the Allies entered Brussels and Hergé's German employers fled.'Le Soir' was shut down and 'The Adventures of Tintin' was put on hold. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Belgium,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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