Tintin T5 - Le Lotus Bleu (B1) – C – EO couleur + dédicace - 1 Album - First edition - 1946

Tintin. The Blue Lotus B1 - an old post-war color edition from 1946. Includes a beautiful original drawing offered to Philippe; at the top right of the title page a name Philippe is written, presumably the owner of this book.
Copyright by Editions Casterman - 1946 - first edition - colored French-language edition - red cloth spine - wood-containing paper with natural discoloration.
Album with wood-containing paper with natural discoloration, good colors on the cover, virtually complete with little wear to the corners. The pages are in good condition, compact thick paper and naturally yellowed, with well-rounded corners. Spine in good condition, slight color loss, no pages missing, several pages have a tear with and without tape; this often happened due to the type of paper that tore easily when opening the pages at the bottom. see the photos for this. The front free endpaper is in good condition with a center seam at the top lightly glued, the back free endpaper is very good with a light tear at the bottom edge.

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