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RUPERT ANNUAL 1951 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135871
Published by Daily Express. 1951. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert at front of a huge snow scene. 1st story Rupert and Doctor Lion. 124 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine is damaged (split) and has been re-glued and taped; a small piece of loss; also browned. Bumping and wear to corners; some foxing to covers. Inscriptions in ink to verso of front endpaper and belongs to box. Price-cut. Margin loss to bottom margin of pages 51-52. Page edge browning with some foxing. Page corners are a bit creased.

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 9 - RUPERT AND THE NEW ROSE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135861
Published by Daily Express. 1951. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert and the New Rose. Also includes Rupert and the Ticking Box - 2 original Bestall stories for the series. Front cover shows Rupert holding a black and white rose. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Wear to spine, with small nicks to top and tail. Light page corner creases. Some marks to covers.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135820
Published by Daily Express. 1969. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert sitting on rock looking into stream. 1st story Rupert & the Whistlefish. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Belongs to box is clean. Price-cut. Page edge browning; a few marks to outer page edges.

THE JOKER AND JERRY AGAIN
Written by Eleanor Helme; Nance Paul. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2135781
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Circa 1941. Good condition.

Grey cloth, red title to spine. Two-tone frontis and b/w illustrations. Front cover is a bit bowed. Staining to covers with other grubby marks. Bookplate with name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some margin marks to pages. A reading copy.

DOG NELSON, A.B.
Written by Gordon Vice-Admiral Campbell. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 2135780
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1938. Good condition.

Cream boards with blue vignette to front. Red cloth spine. Colour frontis plate, contains many b/w text illustrations and colour plates throughout. 91 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Chipping/heavy bump to top edge of front cover. Staining and browning to covers and to pages throughout. Stains get larger to page near rear of book. A reading copy. Frontis is nearly detached.

AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Written by Gian-Carlo Menotti; Frances Frost. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 2135779
Published by Andrew Dakers Limited. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

A narrative adaptation preserving the exact dialogue of the opera. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and edges of covers are faded. Splash marks to front cover. Some foxing.

THE MOOCHERS ABROAD
Written by Jane Shaw.
Stock no. 2135776
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. 3 numbers in ink to front pastedown. First few pages have light corner tip creasing. Wrapper is edge-creased with couple of small closed tears; some wear.

THE MOOCHERS
Written by Jane Shaw.
Stock no. 2135775
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. Couple of small knocks to base of spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks; a few marks to rear panel.

SUMMER TERM AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 2135773
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, white titles, vignette of two schoolgirls to front cover. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Spine and cover edges have varying degrees of fading. Some spotting to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Some browning. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips - inches of loss to top and tail of spine; other loss along edges and to corners. Wrapper is also grubby.

ANOTHER FINE MESS
Written by Jan Needle. Illustrated by Roy Bentley.
Stock no. 2135668
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0233973702. A few stains to cover edges and page edges/margins. Foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

PRINCE RABBIT AND THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
Stock no. 2135648
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

First story is about a clever rabbit who wished to become heir to the throne... Second story is about a lovely princess who never laughed. Pictorial boards. 10 x 8". Colour and b/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges and endpapers. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and nicks; foxed with grubby marks to rear panel.

THE JUNGLE BOOK
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2135611
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st thus 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. 9.5 x 6.25". 175 pages. ISBN: 0670802417. Light edge-creasing to wrapper; spine a bit sunned.