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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326075
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Almost 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, top of spine split at front edge. Child's name in red felt-tip pen to belongs to box. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Price-cut. Magic Painting pages are UNTOUCHED. Pale page browning to contents else clean. Some page corner tips lightly creased.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1950 - ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325978
Published by Daily Express. 1950. Fair condition.

Annual format returns to hardback with this issue but is much thinner than earlier hardbacks. Pictorial boards - Rupert riding a huge seashell. 1st story Rupert's Silver Trumpet. 120 pages. 10x7 ins. Backstrip missing. Cover edges worn. Covers slightly grubby and foxing to rear cover, small patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front cover. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Foxing and a black mark to textblock. Some fingermarks to page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1947 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325933
Published by Daily Express. 1947. Good condition.

Pictorial card wraps - Rupert running after a tiny dragon. 1st story Rupert and the Top Hat. Covers are worn and creased with blue biro marks to front cover. Name and address in ink to belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some pages are browned. Some corner creases. Several pages have crayon marks and biro doodles (some attempt has been made to erase the doodles but heavy crayon has been used). One page has a large vertical tear which has been neatly tape repaired.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325828
Published by Daily Express. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Laminated boards - front cover shows Rupert on a rock waving a camera. 1st story Rupert and the Dover Sole. Magic Painting pages. 114 pages. 10 x 7 inches. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Vertical creases to covers. Green biro writing to front pastedown and also last page (115). Name and address in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic Paintings COMPLETED. Foxing to textblock and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Small margin tear to page 95.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1951 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325825
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2001. Fine condition.

Facsimile of the 1951 Rupert Annual. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Collectors Limited Edition. ISBN: 1902836650. Slipcase is slightly rubbed at corners and has a few small spots to rear cover (on barcode label).

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1951 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325734
Published by Daily Express. 1951. 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 and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby and foxed. Large but neat inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Name in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some light foxing, mainly at page edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325626
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Some slight rubbing to cover edges and a few very small, light marks to covers but otherwise covers are lovely and bright. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Minimal foxing to textblock. Puzzle pages are clean. A super copy of this scarce annual.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325472
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly browned. Child's name in ink to belongs to box. Price cut. Magic paintings have been completed with transfer of colour to facing pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324986
Published by Daily Express. 1969. 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. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine split at top 1" and loss to lower 0.5". Light stain to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Price on title-page has been torn off with loss along lower margin. Some grubby marks to contents but nothing too bad.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324585
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. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light marks to covers. Endpapers are lightly browned, slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Name, adderess and date in belongs to box (blue biro). NOT price cut but price also written (in blue biro) 3 times to other corners of title-page. Crossword done in pencil. Painting contest part completed with entry form completed. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1824360
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Boards bright, Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed, a few minor scuff marks. Slight loss to paper at base of spine. Name in pencil in belongs to box. Price cut (neatly torn out). Text block browned. Magic paintings mostly DONE, neat. Puzzle pages clean. Minor corner creases to some pages. Overall, a decent copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323857
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Very good condition.

Reproduction of the third Rupert annual. Pictorial paper-covered boards showing Rupert waving from a tree. Red cloth spine. Red, black and white pictures throughout. 125 pages. ISBN: 0850791979. Some rubbing to cover edges. Name in red ink in belongs to box. This is copy no. 09391.

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