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Paris, Tournai, Casterman, [1954 and 1974]1 vol. (230 x 300 mm) with 62 plates. Illustrated publisher's boards, red cloth spine, fourth plate type B (B11)
1 vol. (229 x 304 m), 62 plates. Illustrated publisher's paperback, green laminated spine, fourth board type B (B42)
Fine reunion of two albums:
The original first edition from 1954 ;
The last edition (1974) with type B variation: the album is here inscribed by Hergé and signed by "Buzz Aldrin (Apollo XI LMP)" - the second astronaut after Armstrong to set foot on the lunar surface, after the steps drawn fifteen years earlier by Tintin, Haddock, Dupont and Dupond, and of course Snowy, on the surface of the moon.
The ex-dono is signed "Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI LMP" [ for Lunar Module Pilot: the manned missions of the Apollo program consisted of a crew of 3 astronauts, the Commander (CDR, Neil Armstrong), in charge of the crew; the Command Module Pilot (CMP, Michael Collins), who remained in orbit while his two crewmates were on the Moon, and the… Read More