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GOSCINNY**, RENE & UDERZO**, ALBERT: : Asterix: OPERATION GETAFIX - THE BOOK OF THE FILM

LONDON.HODDER AND STOUGHTON CHILDREN'S BOOKS,1990.

ISBN 0340529458.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.[UK first English language edn translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge. Original,non-English text edn,published a year earlier,France,1989 by Les Editions Albert Uderzo.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,glazed card boards as issued.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front board by Albert UDERZO**; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,some inevitable but light, superficial impressed indents to either board, and immaculate brown+white pictorial illustrated endpapers without any hinge cracking.Top+fore-edges surprisingly and remarkably bright,crisp and clean without blemish,foxing or spotting; contents bright,tight,near pristine clean,solid and sound,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases creases to any pages' corner tips - appears an unread copy,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,as issued,illustrated 1st edn,5-47pp [paginated] includes colour pictorial film stills; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated title page,and a colour map.This title is No. 31 of the series. This book is based on the film 'ASTERIX AND THE BIG FIGHT',produced by Yannick Piel for GAUMONT, GAUMONT PRODUCTION and EXTRAFILM PRODUKTION.The script was written by Yannick Voight from the books,'ASTERIX and the SOOTHSAYER' and 'ASTERIX and the BIG FIGHT',both published by Hodder Dargaud.The film was made by Philippe Grimond, Keith Ingham, Michel Guerin, Thierry Fournier, Michael Gabriel, Miguel Angel Gil and Michel Pisson.The book was designed by Patrick Couratin and Frederick Mei.Photography by Serge Masi. Though the original books written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo,Rene Goscinny they are still credited. Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 30+ year-old age [and nature, i.e. a children's book.It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. The protagonist,the titular character Asterix, along with his friend Obelix have various adventures.The 'ix' suffix of both names echoes the name of Vercingetorix,a historical Gaul chieftain,the other names are spelling puns. The year is 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans.Well,not entirely. . . One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders.And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum,Aquarium,Laudanum and Compendium . . . . The Romans try to capture Druid Getafix, as part of their plan to deprive a rebel village of Gauls from the magic potion that gives them super-human strength. When Asterix and Obelix attempt a rescue, Obelix throws and accidentally hits Getafix with a menhir in the resulting chaos, causing him to develop amnesia and insanity. While the village comes to grip with this, Prolix, a conman posing as a soothsayer, arrives during a storm and begins deceiving some of the superstitious and credulous villagers into believing a number of his prophecies, which he predicts in exchange for food and drink and later,gold. . . 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. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,illustrated 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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