HERGÉ no longer has any copies of "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets".
"To those of you who don't have much joy, I would have liked to give you the joy of getting Tintin in the Land of the Soviets."
950€
"To those of you who don't have much joy, I would have liked to give you the joy of getting Tintin in the Land of the Soviets."
950€
Georges Remi, known as HERGÉ
Letter signed to Michel Salesse-Lavergne
One page in quarto on Hergé Studios letterhead.
[Brussels] March 13, 1979. Envelope.
Hergé was sorry he couldn't offer a copy of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets.
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"Dear friend, Your letter touched me, and I regret all the more that I cannot grant your wish.
To those of you who don't have much joy, I would have liked to give you the joy of acquiring Tintin in the Land of the Soviets. And know that I wouldn't have "sold" it to you, but given it to you. For this to happen, there was one necessary condition: that I still possess a few copies of this album; however, I only have one left for myself.
If, one day, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets were to be republished in a limited edition, I would remember the wish you expressed and I would try to fulfill it. But, alas! I cannot promise you anything.
Expressing my regrets once again, and offering you my best wishes, I ask you, dear friend, to accept my sincere sympathy. Hergé
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