Tintin - Hachette - Set of 34 booklets/2010

Complete Tintin Collection (34 Booklets) + Rare Printing Errors
Title:
Tintin – Complete Collection of 34 Booklets + Booklet No. 5 with Error + Corrected Booklet No. 5 + Hachette Letter – Rare

Description:
Magnificent complete collection of 34 Tintin booklets, red edition, published by Hachette / Moulinsart in the early 2010s (2010/11).
Matching series, numbered 1 to 34, including:

Classic albums:
The Blue Lotus, Tintin in Tibet, The Seven Crystal Balls, Prisoners of the Sun, Destination Moon, Explorers on the Moon, The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham’s Treasure, The Broken Ear, King Ottokar’s Sceptre, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Calculus Affair, The Red Sea Sharks, The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714 to Sydney, Tintin and the Picaros, Cigars of the Pharaoh.

Tintin films:
Tintin and the Golden Fleece, Tintin and the Blue Oranges, Tintin and the Lake of Sharks.

Documentaries:
Me, Tintin – Tintin and Me.

Reports / themed volumes:
7 volumes of In the Footsteps of Tintin.

Rare items included in this lot:
Original booklet No. 5 with a printing error
The images of Baxter and Wolff are reversed (printing error confirmed by Hachette).

Corrected booklet No. 5
Sent later by Hachette to replace the erroneous booklet.

Official Hachette letter
Document explaining the error and confirming that the corrected booklet was sent.
Highly sought after by collectors.

Genuine duplicates received during the subscription:
2× No. 2

2× No. 8

2× No. 22
These duplicates came from Hachette reshipments (defects or delays), typical of subscriptions at the time.

These items increase the value of the lot, as they bear witness to the collection’s publishing history.

Condition:
Booklets in very good overall condition.
Clean covers, bright colors, no missing pages.
Complete series + edition variants.

Provenance / Authenticity:
Collection from a Hachette / Moulinsart subscription.
Official letter confirming the error in booklet No. 5 included.