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Up for sale is a beautiful vintage December 1980 French-language Belgian hardcover comic album (Bande Dessinée) featuring André Franquin's legendary humorous anti-hero: "Gaston Lagaffe - Tome 7: Un gaffeur sachant gaffer." Published by the historic S.A. Éditions Jean Dupuis in Marcinelle, Belgium, this classic volume showcases Gaston's iconic office misadventures, whimsical inventions, and chaotic workplace blunders.
The front cover displays a brilliant, glossy color illustration of Gaston bouncing high into the clouds on a giant black wrecking ball. The reverse lower-left quadrant houses official factory print lines including the historic legal deposit index (D. 1969/0089/69), the registered international identifier (ISBN 2-8001-0089-3), and the precise European manufacturing execution stamp: "Imprimé en Belgique — 12-1980." An exceptional acquisition copy for serious international comic historians, collectors of classic Franco-Belgian graphic novels, or French-language enthusiasts looking to enrich their library.
Measurements: Standard European BD hardcover format.
- Total Height: Approximately 11.75 inches tall.
- Total Width: Approximately 8.5 inches wide.
Condition: Very Good vintage condition.
- Interior Pages: Pristine. The inner comic panels and text bubbles are beautifully flat, crisp, white, and clean, displaying immaculate illustration coloring with absolutely no crayon scribbling, margin notations, highlighting, torn leaves, or thumb soils. The bindings are remarkably solid and tight to the text block.
- Hardboard Cover: The outer pictorial covers retain an outstanding high-gloss reflection and vibrant blue hues. The spine edge is solid and straight, showing only normal light vintage shelf rubbing, very mild surface handling scuffs, and gentle soft-bumping to the corners from decades of careful storage.
