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RUPERT ANNUAL 1967
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2134447
Published by Daily Express. 1967. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert on snow-covered hill pulling a dog on a sledge. 1st story Rupert and the Lost List. Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some chipping to laminate on spine. , which is also browned. Gold name label stuck to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Magic Paintings are DONE. Page edge browning. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2134445
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards showing Rupert on a swing. 1st story Rupert and the Hearth-Rug. Includes puzzle page and Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine is browned and bumped. Wear top corners. Couple of inch splits to top and tail of spine. Front joint is cracked with stitching showing and pulling - binding is becoming weak. Yellow crayon to endpapers. Front endpaper is partially torn out at top. Name in ink with gold name label stuck over in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Magic Paintings are DONE! A few damp/brown marks to margins on last few pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2014
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; Alex Cubie; John Harrold.
Stock no. 1320500
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2014. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a lantern through the snow. Contains stories and activities from the 1978, 1980, 2001, 1982 annuals. Includes stories by Stuart Trotter and new illustrations. ISBN: 9781405272087. Title-page is creased. Minimal rubbing to top of spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1820897
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Boards nice and bright, spine very slightly faded. NOT price-cut. Name in belongs-to box. Child's writing in red ink to title page. A few grubby margin marks. Colouring contest part DONE.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1973
Written by Frank Richards; Edwy Searles Brooks.
Stock no. 1319782
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1973. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Omnibus No 21. Best-loved works from the Golden Years of boys' fiction. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 235 pages. 10 x 7.25". ISBN: 0703000144.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1979
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1319731
Published by Daily Express. 1979. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert sitting on a log with a dragon and Spring Imp. 1st story Rupert and the Penguins. 10x7 inches. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Child's biro name in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Pale page browning and some a few small fingermarks at page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1986
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1319647
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1986. Fine condition.

Tall laminate boards - Rupert with net and tadpoles in jar. 1st story Rupert & the Strange Airman. 100p ages. (In 1986 Alfred Bestall, the first illustrator of Rupert annuals, died at the age of 93). ISBN: 0850791596.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1319646
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Top edge of textblock is a bit dusty/foxed else a fine copy in dustwrapper which is just slightly worn at top of spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1967
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1319638
Published by Daily Express. 1967. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert on snow-covered hill pulling a dog on a sledge. 1st story Rupert and the Lost List. Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in belongs to box has been erased. Price cut. Magic paintings messily completed and paper for these has browned. Light foxing to textblock.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1983
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1319637
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1983. Very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in plane flown by clown. 1st story Rupert and the Black Circle. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791308. Small white mark to tail of aeroplane on front cover. Contents fine.

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PLAYBOX ANNUAL 1914
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1319579
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1914. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Colour pictorial front board. 4 colour plates. Two-tone and b/w illustrations, including some by Wain. Covers edge worn. Spine worn with split at base. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint cracked and frontis missing. Ragged edges and margin tears to plates. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1996
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold; Gina Hart.
Stock no. 1319570
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1996. Very good condition.

No. 61. Front cover shows Rupert and friends with Little Bo Peep and castle in back ground. ISBN: 1874507600. Bump to top corner of front cover, minimal rubbing to corners and spine. Contents fine.

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