RUPERT ANNUAL 1948 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1406106
Published by Daily Express. 1948. Fair 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. Pieces missing from top and bottom of spine. 2" split to top and bottom of front cover by spine. Corners creased. Edges worn with small piece missing from top corner of rear panel. Some pen marks to covers which are grubby. Name in belongs to box plus pen marks around words and picture. Not price-cut but pen marks to price. Large tear to page 17/18 and smaller tear to page 12/13. Page edges are grubby. Several corners are folded over. Some grubby marks to page margins. A reading copy.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1608913
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. laminate is split and lifting at top of spine. Belongs To box completed in ink. NOT price-cut. First Magic Painting page has been completed with coloured pencils; remaining Magic Paintings appear to be untouched.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1959
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2122153
Published by Daily Express. 1959. Almost 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. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Splitting to laminate to top of spine; a bit of foxing. Chipping to base of spine; a little loss. Creasing to front endpaper, with inscription in pencil to belongs to box, same page has a little pencil colour scribble. NOT price-cut. Colouring contest and page next to it have colouring in and some scribble. Butterfly colouring to page 63 has been completed. Hinge between pages 78 + 79 has been pulled. Rupert's Nature Spotting Hobby has been completed in pencil (p. 20/21).

RUPERT ANNUAL 1950 - ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1812697
Published by Daily Express. 1950. Almost very good 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. A few very minor marks to covers which are nice and bright. Backstrip complete but 1" and 2" splits to front edge. Rear edge of spine starting to split. Corners lightly rubbed. Front and rear joint weak. Name in belongs to box. NOT price-cut (no price printed in this copy). Maze garden puzzle page completed. Contents bright.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1999
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold; Gina Hart.
Stock no. 1608611
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1999. Fine condition.

No. 64. Front cover shows Rupert flying through the air with the aid of winged shoes. ISBN: 1902836006. NOT price-cut or inscribed.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1989
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1608610
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Nearly fine condition.

No. 54. Tall format glazed boards - Rupert & chums with snowman. 1st story Rupert and the Boomerarrow. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850791871. NOT price-cut or inscribed.

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 19 - RUPERT AND THE SPACE SHIP
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1405713
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Also includes Rupert and the Mischief Makers. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners rubbed. Small split at top and bottom of spine. Rear panel a little grubby. A little fingering otherwise contents clean.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2010
Written by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1316106
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2010. Fine condition.

The 75th Rupert annual. Celebrating 90 years of the little bear from 1920-2010, from Tourtel to Trotter. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405252393. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else a fine copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK No. 33 - SUMMER ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1405692
Published by Daily Express; Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Two stories are Rupert and the Speckled Seaweed and Rupert and the Scent Garden. Colour illustrations. Small split to bottom of spine. Corners are rubbed. Rear cover a little grubby. Top corner of one page looks slightly singed. A little foxing to page edges otherwise contents are generally clean.

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 29 - RUPERT AND THE GIANT'S CASTLE
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1315985
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Giant's Castle. Also includes Rupert And The Whirlwinds. Pictorial card wraps. Covers slightly edge rubbed and foxed. Rear cover is a bit grubby. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 13 - RUPERT AND THE SWAN LAKE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Enid Ash; Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1405622
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Rupert and the Swan Lake, Rupert and the Orchestra. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Cover edges rubbed. Crease to rear cover. A few foxspots to covers and page edges. Pencil marks, some partially erased to star puzzle.

RUPERT A BEAR'S LIFE
Written by George Perry. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1315890
Published by Pavilion Books; Michael Joseph. 1st 1985. 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. Spine very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper just a little edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.