Vintage 1960s French Tintin: Le Lotus Bleu, Hergé VG (trans: The Blue Lotus) for Sale

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Vintage 1960s French Tintin: Le Lotus Bleu, Hergé VG (trans: The Blue Lotus) For Sale

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Vintage 1960s French Tintin: Le Lotus Bleu, Hergé VG (trans: The Blue Lotus):
$55.00

Le Lotus Bleu (translated title The Blue Lotus): Les Aventures de Tintin, by Hergé, copyright 1946, Casterman: Paris, 62 pp., 9\" x 12\" (4to). Front and rear pictorial boards, with yellow cloth binding. Front and rear illustrated endpapers.

This volume has the characteristic rear cover of 1950s to early 1970s editions. Based on the last title listed (Tintin au Tibet), we estimate the age of this book to be about 1959-60.

Bespoke gift for your collector or your very lucky French learner. Vintage Tintin books are widely collected. We have 5 ~1960 volumes in the original French, in outstanding condition:

· Le Sceptre d\'Ottokar (c. 1959 edition)
Le Lotus Bleu (c. 1959 edition)
Le 7 Boules de Cristal (c. 1959 edition)
Le Crabe aux Pinces d\'Or (c. 1963 edition)
Coke en Stock (c. 1963 edition)

Should you purchase 3 or more of our titles above, contact us, and we will refund 15% of the sale prices (tax and shipping excluded).

Condition: Good. Binding solid. Cover corners bumped, and cover edges worn around most sides. Slight rubbing of front and rear covers. Small math problem on rear cover (see photo). Interior pages clean but for a very few faint finger marks.

About Tintin: \"Tintin is the protagonist of The Adventures of Tintin, the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The character was created in 1929 and introduced in Le Petit Vingtième, a weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle. Appearing as a young man with a round face and quiff hairstyle, Tintin is depicted as a precocious, multitalented reporter who travels the world with his dog Snowy. Since his inception in the early 20th century, Tintin has remained a popular literary figure with statues and commemorative murals of the character seen throughout Belgium. In addition to the original comic series, Tintin has appeared in numerous plays, radio shows, television shows, and feature films, including the Steven Spielberg-directed film The Adventures of Tintin (2011).\"

·Hergé, an avid news reader, would have been aware of the activities of a number of popular journalists well known in Belgium, notably Joseph Kessel but especially Albert Londres, one of the creators of investigative journalism. Almost certainly another influence was Palle Huld, a 15-year-old Danish Boy Scout who travelled around the world in 1928 and wrote about his adventures the following year. Robert Sexé, a French motorcycle photojournalist, travelled and wrote about the Soviet Union, the Belgian Congo, and the United States—immediately followed by Tintin\'s adventures. Years later, when Hergé was asked who inspired Tintin, he answered, \"Tintin c\'est moi.\"

·Hergé had seen the new style of American comics and was ready to try it. Tintin\'s new comic would be a strip cartoon with dialogue in speech bubbles and drawings that carried the story. Young reporter Tintin would have the investigative acumen of Londres, the travelling abilities of Huld, and the high moral standing of Totor; the Boy Scout travelling reporter that Hergé would have liked to have been.”

About the Author: \" Georges Prosper Remi (1907-1983), known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums which are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–1940) and The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936–1957). His works were executed in his distinctive ligne claire drawing style… Hergé\'s works have been widely acclaimed for their clarity of draughtsmanship and meticulous, well-researched plots. They have been the source of a wide range of adaptations, in theatre, radio, television, cinema, and computer gaming. He remains a strong influence on the comic book medium, particularly in Europe. He is widely celebrated in Belgium: a Hergé Museum was established in Louvain-la-Neuve in 2009.\" (from Wikipedia)

This is another listing from \"Nana\'s Top Shelf,\" a collection of first editions and other fine volumes collected over a lifetime from estate sales and booksellers across the East Coast and Europe.

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