Catalogue information
Blue Sparrowhawk 3rd edition. This 3rd (and the 2nd, which appeared in the same year) edition are also updated versions: it is a smaller format than the first edition (202 by 295 mm instead of 207 by 309 mm), has newer spelling (such as on p. 7: de fles, straatstenen, brede, zoeven (there was an official spelling change in Belgium in 1946)), and the lettering in the speech bubbles is also distinctly different. However, just like the 1st edition, the 2nd edition still has the place name ANTWERPEN by Dupuis in capital letters on the back. The 3rd edition uses “Antwerpen” in lowercase. Just like the first edition, there is no authorization number. On the back, however, there is a mention of Ommeganckstraat 21. Fairly light reddish-brown spine. Recognizable by the endpapers in the same color as the rest of the album. Only 59 plates pre-published (up to and including page 65 in the album). This corresponds to V1 'De Blauwe Sperwer'. Then came the a ban by the occupying forces on further publication and the story was quickly discontinued. V2 'The Gold City' is included as the second story in this album. This story began to be pre-published in the 'Youth Album' from 1943. The remaining 35 pages of this story were not pre-published.
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