Le Petit Vingtième 1 à 52 full year - 1937

Exceptional lot of 52 issues of the 'Petit Vingtième' from 1937. All covers feature unpublished drawings by Hergé depicting stories contained within the issue, either from Tintin ('The End of 'The Broken Ear' and the beginning of 'The Black Island') or from the adventures of Jo and Zette ('The Mystery Ray'), which was only published in album form in 1952 under the title 'The Manitoba No Longer Responds'.
36 covers are related to Tintin stories or evoke festivities.
Each booklet contains 16 pages simply folded in two. The set of booklets was bound by a very careful gentleman who stitched them with a fine thread, so they can be easily separated without damage.
All the booklets are complete, sometimes with a slightly frayed page edge. One sheet has a slit a few centimeters long but no missing parts.