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RUPERT PAINTING AND TRACING BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1325679
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Red and yellow paper wraps. 10 b/w pictures to colour and trace including the Wise Goat, Dapple the pony and Princess Annabel. 8 x 9.25". Top corner tip of front cover has been torn off. Colouring to the Rupert illustration on front cover. Staples rusty. The tracing pages have been used and there is colouring to two of the illustrations.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1325653
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards showing Rupert a little surprised to see a wolf emerging from a four-poster bed! Red cloth spine. 4 stories. 157 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Spine slightly faded with a few small marks. Name and date in belongs to box. A couple of tiny margins tears. Contents clean.

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DAILY EXPRESS CHILDREN'S ANNUAL No. 4
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 1324985
Published by Daily Express. Circa 1932. Good condition.

7 superb pop-ups. 4 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Rupert and Bill Badger story. Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows a pelican with a frog. 95 pages. Covers are edge worn. Creases to spine and some chipping/slight loss to top and tail. The film to the mermaid scene has been removed. Pop-ups appear to be in good working order. Some hinges cracked. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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DAILY EXPRESS CHILDREN'S ANNUAL No. 3
Written by S. Louis Giraud; Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1324984
Published by Daily Express. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows elephant's head. 7 pop-up models: Santa Claus, The Old Woman In The Shoe, The Pagoda, The Flower Fairy, The Woodcutter, The Fair, Elephant Rides. Contains Rupert story "Rupert's Pet Monkey Gets Lost". Covers are a bit grubby and foxed. Pop-ups mostly in good working order, the Flower Fairy has creased so she doesn't stand up. Foxing to contents. Some hinges slightly cracked.

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A HORSE BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 2137491
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

One of Mary Tourtel's first books before she went on to create Rupert Bear! Dumpy Books For Children series No. 10. Small format. Green cloth with dark green titles and stripes. Colour pictures with text facing, printed on one side of the paper only. A delightful little book! Foxing and browning to covers, with some uneven fading. Small nick to cloth at base of spine. Front joint is a bit cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning. A few hinges are a little pulled.

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THE RUPERT STORY BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1322506
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Coloured pictorial boards and red cloth spine, cover background mainly blue, front cover shows Rupert and Edward on swings with the Nutwood friends. 25mm thick. Two-tone text illustrations. (Originally published 1938 with pictorial spine). Spine bumped, corners bumped and worn. Some slight lifting of surface paper at spine edge of front cover. Inscription in ink and name and address in belongs to box on front pastedown. Some colouring to the painting pages. Two patches of surface paper damage to rear pastedown. Light page browning to contents.

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RUPERT HAS A PICNIC
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321677
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

A Bancroft cloth book. ISBN: 0381023782. Some light foxing to last couple of pages else contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce Rupert item.

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THE NEW RUPERT INDEX
Written by W.O.G. Lofts; D.J. Adley; John Beck.
Stock no. 2133880
Published by John Beck. 2001. Almost very good condition.

Revised and updated by Beck. Large format. Grey card wraps with colour onlay to front. Bibliography of Rupert Bear with b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951733818. Some creasing to corners. A few marks to covers. Annotations internally (pencil).

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THE NEW RUPERT INDEX
Written by W.O.G. Lofts; D.J. Adley; John Beck.
Stock no. 1319486
Published by John Beck. 1991. Good condition.

Revised and updated by Beck. Large format. Grey card wraps with colour onlay to front. Bibliography of Rupert Bear with b/w illustrations. ISBN: 095173380X. Covers are grubby and edge worn, small splash mark to top edge of front cover. Some pencil writing to top margin of title-page. Some page corner tips creased. Some pencil annotations and one small piece of text highlighted with a yellow marker.

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RUPERT A BEAR'S LIFE
Written by George Perry. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2131184
Published by Pavilion Books; Michael Joseph. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Rupert traced from the Fleet Street circulation battles through to the present day. Packed with illustrations including rare material never before published. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 169 pages includes bibliography of the Rupert annuals. 9.75 x 7". ISBN: 0907516769. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK NO. 1
No author listed.
Stock no. 2130226
Published by Beaverbrook Newspapers Limited. 1973. Good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Two super stories of the famous bear - 'Rupert in Mysteryland' and 'Rupert and the Missing Pieces'. Covers are detached with foxing, creasing and some tears.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 2126822
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1953. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows Rupert pulling small boy out of hole in road. Pale green pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Front cover states that there are 200 cut-outs and five stories. (Later reprints had 120 cut-outs and four stories). This edition states it Contains Rupert in Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert the Witch and Tabitha; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. However, One story is MISSING (published and bound this way) - Missing Rupert, The Witch and Tabitha, it also has 132 cut-outs (NOT the stated 200 or later 120). An early reprint! Spine is unevenly faded and marked. Bumping and wear to cover edges. A few scuff marks. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. No cut-outs have been cut out from book. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. An early reprint.

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