SERIOUS ASTERIX COLLECTOR? - 1971 'LEGAL DEPOSIT' EDITION OF IN SOUTH AFRICA

PRINTED ON BACK OF TITLE PAGE - 'DEPOT LEGAL 1ST TRIMESTRE 1971 NO. 1.308 EDITEUR NO.96'      LEGAL DEPOSIT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT A PERSON/GROUP SUBMIT COPIES OF THEIR PUBLICATIONS TO A REPOSITORY, USUALLY A LIBRARY.  SEEING THAT THERE ARE SOME NOTES BY DEREK HOCKRIDGE (FORMER SENOIR FRENCH LECTURER LEICESTER COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND BEST KNOWN FOR HIS TRANSLATIONS OF ASTERIX) ON THE BACK OF THE FRONT END PAPER, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT LEICESTER COLLEGE RECEIVED THIS BOOK AS A LEGAL DEPOSIT - NO DOUBT BECAUSE OF DEREK HOCKRIDGE'S INVOLVEMENT WITH ASTERIX.  THEY MUST HAVE HAD A BOOK CLEARANCE AT SOME STAGE AND SOMEHOW IT LANDED IN SOUTH AFRICA - A REALLY RARE FIND!!  ENTITLED UNE AVENTURE D'ASTERIX LE GAULOIS, TEXT BY GOSCINNY, ILLUSTRATED BY UDERZO AND PUBLISHED BY DARGAUD EDITEUR  IN 1971 - THE SPINE OF THE BOOK HAS BEEN REINFORCED AND EDGES OF COVER ARE SLIGHTLY SCUFFED. ALSO SIGNATURE ON FRONT END PAPER BUT OVERALL A CLEAN, NEAT COPY     REFER IMAGES