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GOSCINN**, RENE & UDERZO**, ALBERT: : ASTERIX and Caesar's Gift

LONDON.HODDER AND STOUGHTON,1977.

ISBN 0340215887.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,card boards as issued, illustrated 1st edn.[UK first English language edn,a Darguad presentation edn,translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.Previous non-English text publication by DARGUAD Editeur, 1974,as 'Le Cadeau de César.' It is the 21st volume of the Asterix series and it also was the first Asterix adventure that was not published in serial form in the 'Pilote' magazine prior to its publication as a book.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,card boards as issued.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and immaculate plain white endpapers.Virtually scratch and indent free.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight,clean and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? Written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo,with colour comic strip art.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj, card boards as issued,illustrated 1st edn,5-48pp [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] title page,a colour map of Gaul,verso of which has potted biographies of some of the characters [Asterix, Obelix, Getafix, Cacofonix,and Vitalststistix] involved in the story. Want more GOSCINNY/UDERZO titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. At the end of their career,legionaries are granted plots of land in Roman colonies for retirement.A perpetually inebriated soldier is given the Village,by Caesar's hand,which he promptly sells to an innkeeper for wine.The innkeeper sells his property and attempts to claim the village as his own.Upon discovering his ownership is void,he is pushed by his dominant wife to campaign to be elected chief, causing rivalries throughout the village. To complicate the matter,the soldier arrives and asks the local legions' aid in reclaiming his village,since he didn't get enough wine for it. Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo were a French writer/artist team.Born 1925 and 1927 respectively, the two men have - together or separately - worked on many comic strips,but are best known for their series of books featuring the 'indomitable Gaul' Asterix.He made his first appearance in the French magazine,'Pilote',in 1959, and has since featured in well over two dozen books.Goscinny also created the characters Lucky Luke,Ompa-pa,Iznogoud and Nicholas,albeit in collaboration with other artists.He died in 1977.UDERZO died 24/03/20 aged 92. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim Qrto HB, 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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