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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328701
Published by Daily Express. 1938. Good condition.

The third Rupert annual. 1st story Rupert and the Daffodils. Colour pictorial boards. Red cloth spine. 126 pages. 10x7.5". Covers are edge worn, a bit grubby and there is a light circular mark (cup mark?) to centre of front cover. Spine is worn at top and tail with fraying of cloth and is grubby and faded. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Heavy foxing throughout. Hinges pulled and cracked showing stitching beneath.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328700
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert & chums watching large ball coming down from the sky. The last Rupert annual to include Magic Paintings. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name in belongs to box has been erased. Price NOT cut. First magic painting has been neatly completed, a couple of others have a tiny bit of colour to them, the remaining ones are untouched. Page edges are browned but contents are generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1959
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1828769
Published by Daily Express. 1959. Very good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards. Front cover has head and shoulders of Rupert with sea in the background. First story is Rupert and the Copper Bird. Light browning to boards, base of spine lightly worn. Boards are slightly bowed. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Puzzle pages and colouring contest clean. Musty odour present otherwise a very nice copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1954 - THE NEW RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328532
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial laminated boards - Rupert and friends building a snowman. 1st story Rupert and the Friendly Sea-Lion. 123 pages. 10x7 inches. Not published in facsimile form as some of the content was considered politically incorrect. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 1" loss to top of spine. Light browning to spine. Child's pencil name in belongs to box. Price cut. Pale brown marks to pages 6/7. Endpapers lightly browned. Some small margin tears and 1 larger repaired tear to page71. Some very slight colouring to the Draw and Paint pages. Colouring contest has been completed with pencil crayons, entry form not completed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1948 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328498
Published by Daily Express. 1948. Very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. Front cover shows Rupert running with a little dog on a lead. A rainbow is in the background. 1st story is Rupert and Jack Frost. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. Covers are edge rubbed. Tiny amount of loss to top and tail of spine. Lower corner tips slightly creased. Neat name in ink to belongs to box. NOT price cut. Binding error which sees a large vertical crease to page 33/4. Some page browning and some light fingering. Puzzle pages clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1939 (FACSIMILE) - THE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328494
Published by Daily Express. 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile of the 4th Rupert annual (1939). Colour pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Black/red/white illustrations throughout. 125 pages. The 'look and feel' of the original perfectly captured by this magnificent reproduction. ISBN: 085079241X. Covers edge rubbed at corners. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents fine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1943 (FACSIMILE) - MORE RUPERT ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328487
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1995. Nearly fine condition.

A limited and numbered edition of the 1943 Rupert annual. Colour pictorial card wraps. Front cover shows Rupert with lantern in hand looking up at birds and butterflies with his friends around him. 119 pages. ISBN: 1874507546. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Slipcase is creased in places.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1939 (FACSIMILE) - THE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328485
Published by Daily Express. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile of the 4th Rupert annual (1939). Colour pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Black/red/white illustrations throughout. 125 pages. The 'look and feel' of the original perfectly captured by this magnificent reproduction. ISBN: 085079241X. Covers edge rubbed. Contents fine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328474
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Slightly better than very 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 and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers bright and clean. Name and address in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic paintings DONE. Tiny patch of surface paper damage from removal of a small label to top edge of title-page.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1953 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328193
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Collectors' Limited Edition Reproduction. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1904329330. Copy no. 9853 (certificate enclosed). A few foxspots to slipcase.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1327074
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners and light foxing to front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned, J.F.31 written in pencil(?) to front free-endpaper. Child's name and address in heavy pencil in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Painting contest page has been neatly started. A nice copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1957
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326802
Published by Daily Express. 1957. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert in air balloon with springs. 1st story is Rupert & the Crackerjack. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine very slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers ever so slightly warped. Name and address in pencil in belongs to box. Price-cut. Colouring contest page untouched. Contents clean.

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