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GOSCINNY**, RENE & MORRIS** [Maurice de Bevere.] : LUCKY LUKE: JESSE JAMES

FRANCE.DARGUAD EDITEUR,1982.

ISBN 2205003933.

FRANCE,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,glazed card boards as issued,illustrated,1st edn.[Originally and first published by DARGUAD EDITEUR,in PARIS, 1969.This listing - France by I.G.A. Maseveux, in January,1982 in French text/language.] NMINT. No owner inscrptn and an absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork illustration by MORRIS,illustrated glazed boards with capitalised black-lettered part-title [LUCKY LUKE] and capitalised red-lettered sub-title [JESSE JAMES] to front board,author+illustrator surnames in capitalised,black-lettering as is publisher's name too; a white spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered title and author +illustrator surname credits in capitalised, black letters for black-lettered dessins+ scenario respectively,rear board with colour illustration of Lucky Luke shooting faster than his own shadow and capitalised,black-lettered other 'Lucky Luke' titles in French,in a blue-bordered white panel.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corner - no nicks,tears or splits present and virtually scoring/indent free to boards.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation and immaculate brown background with Lucky Luke white silhouetted gunfighting poses to illustrated endpapers. FRANCE,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,glazed card boards as issued,illustrated,1st edn,3-46pp [paginated] includes comic strip illustrated story and last [unpaginated] page with b/w thumbnail portrait portrait photograph of Jesse James,illustrated subject's potted biography. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 40+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a children's book.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults.       Jesse James with the help of hs brother Frank and cousin,Cole Younger,decided to steal from the rich and redistribute it to the poor.But soon the trio are keeping the money and spreading terror wherever they go.At Nothing Gulch,Lucky Luke is more than ready for them.But will he be able to rid the town of these desperadoes,when the population,terrorized,do nothing to help him?                              Maurice de Bevere [b. 1st December,1923 - d. 16th July,2001] better known as MORRIS (an Anglicized version of his first name),was a Belgian cartoonist,comics artist and illustrator and the creator of 'Lucky Luke',a bestselling comic series about a gunslinger in the American Wild West,inspired by the adventures of the historic Dalton Gang and other outlaws.It was a bestselling series for more than 50 years that was translated into 23 languages and published internationally.He collaborated for two decades with French writer Rene Goscinny,who wrote all the 'Lucky Luke' stories between 1955 and his death in 1977 - a total of 35 books.              Together,they turned 'Lucky Luke' into an iconic western satire,spoofing Hollywood clichés,but at the same time popularizing the genre in European comic culture.Apart from the deadpan titular hero,the series spawned unforgettable characters like Luke's wisecracking horse Jolly Jumper (1947),the crooked four Dalton brothers (1951) and the mind-bogglingly stupid prison dog Rantanplan (1960). The "poor lonesome cowboy" has continued to ride after his creator's death,with new episodes being produced by his successors. Together with Herge's 'Tintin' and Goscinny & Uderzo's 'Asterix', 'Lucky Luke' is one of most successful European comics worldwide.In terms of book sales, 'Lucky Luke' is the best-selling Belgian comic series in the world,making Morris the most widely read Flemish comic artist.        Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                           

FRANCE,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,card boards as issued,illustrated,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.

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