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The Adventures of Tintin: Flight 714 (SIGNED & INSCRIBED IN ENGLISH BY HERGÉ) [WITH] An Original Drawing of the Plane by the Larry Harmon Studio / Belvision

Hergé; Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper and Michael Turner (translators)

London: Methuen & Co. LTD, 1968. First English edition. Hardcover, loose leaf. Small Folio. [2] 62pp. Original color-illustrated boards with black and white lettering on cover, black lettering on red spine. Endpapers illustrated in blue, protected by modern mylar. Title page with color vignette. Inscribed "To Ruth with best wishes from Hergé" on page facing title page.

Flight 714 is the twenty-second volume of The Adventures of Tintin. This adventure of Tintin and his friends tells the story of their arch-nemesis Rastapopoulos' attempt to kidnap a millionaire from a supersonic jet during a stop on a Sondonesian island. Hergé used this story to explore paranormal phenomena that fascinated him.

'As Hergé's Tintin stories evolved the planes themselves take a more central place in Hergé's stories. The Tintin character was created by Hergé at the height of the golden age of aviation and step by step the airplanes become a major protagonist and, with the appearans of Laslo Carreidas' mythical private yet, the main focus in Flight 714.' (See tintin.com). The planes in the original French publication of Flight 714 were drawn by Hergé's Studio and were used as reference by the Larry Harmon Studios for the English edition. The animators at Harmon Studio working on the Tintin series were Ed de Mattia, Sol, and C.L. Hartman.

Minor wear along edges of binding. Gutter cracked at inside front cover, partially at top and bottom of inside back cover.

[WITH]

Original production drawing (10 1/2 x 12 1/2") of the airplane depicted in the book for the first English version of the animated Tintin stories, produced by Studios Larry Harmon in the USA, with instructions in red and black. This drawing was done by an artist from the production crew for the animated film. With three register holes for animation drawings and cells. Four 1/4" by up to 3" tape residues along bottom edge. Very good+ condition. Item #54931

Price: $4,500.00