Anturiaethau Tintin; Y Cranc a'r Crafangau Aur ('The Crab with the Golden Claws' - in Welsh)
by Herge
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cardiff: Gwasg Y Dref Wen. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1978. 1st Welsh Language Edition. Hardcover. This is the first Welsh Language edition of 'The Crab with the Golden claws'. Pictorial boards. The head/tail of the spine is bumped, a small surface rub, with loss, to the bottom edge of the rear cover, and there is some VERY SLIGHT fading to the base colour at the edges. No dustjacket, presumed as issued. There are No Inscriptions, but there is a stamp to the blank reverse of the front free endpaper = 'Dyfed County Library', which itself is overstamped with an oval 'Cardiganshire C P School' stamp. Also on the bottom front corner of the pictorial front pastedown (endpaper) there was a library pocket which has been torn off leaving some brown paper and some surface loss at that point o/w NO other Ex-Library markings and it is overall a VG copy. The page fore-edges are slightly browned (foxed) and there are some light foxing spots/some light marks internally. . (2) + 62 pp. Charmingly illustrated throughout in colour comic strip format by Herge. Illustrated endpapers. Translated from the French into the Welsh by Roger Boore. Overall, this is a Clean, Tight and Bright, Near 'VG' copy. "Join Tintin on yet another awesome adventure." WELSH TEXT. Quite Scarce. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Seller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 110871
- Title
- Anturiaethau Tintin; Y Cranc a'r Crafangau Aur ('The Crab with the Golden Claws' - in Welsh)
- Author
- Herge
- Illustrator
- Herge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Welsh Language Edition
- Publisher
- Gwasg Y Dref Wen
- Place of Publication
- Cardiff
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Herge; Y Cranc A'r Crafangau Aur;, Anturiaethau Tintin; Welsh Language Books;, Adventures Of Tintin; The Crab With The Golden Claws;, Tin Tin; Tintin & Snowy; Belgian Children's Books;, Written In French Originally; Milou;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Wales/Welsh; Welsh Language Books; Dogs/Cats; Education; Europe; Foreign Literature/Lang;
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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