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RUPERT ANNUAL 1973
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330788
Published by Daily Express. 1973. Very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert playing in a tree. 1st story Rupert and the Bouncers. The last cover design by Alfred Bestall - and the first with a white-faced Rupert. This change caused Bestall to resign. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped. Name(s) in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Contents fine.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1977
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1330787
Published by Daily Express. 1977. Very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert walking with 2 penguins. 1st story Rupert and the Winkybickies. The last Rupert annual drawn by Alex Cubie. 115 pages. 10x7 inches. ISBN: 0850790832. Minimal bumping to corners. Some very slightly browning to spine. Name in ink to belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Contents fine.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1971
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330785
Published by Daily Express. 1971. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing into a cave with a bucket and spade. 1st story Rupert and the Gomnies. 115 pages. 10 x 7inches. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to belongs to page with name in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some marks to pages, title-page is a little finger creased and grubby.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330784
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Poor 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. Front cover is detached but still present. Staples are rusty. Covers are worn, torn and creased. Loss to top and tail of backstrip. Child's name and address in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Textblock is grubby. Page corner tips creased and a couple of tips torn off. Some grubby marks to pages but contents generally ok.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1953 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330783
Published by Daily Express. 1953. Good condition.

Pictorial covers - Rupert, Bill Badger and Algy sitting on a fence. 120 pages. 1st story Rupert and Miranda. Painting page and puzzle pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Some grubby marks and score marks to covers. Child's name and date in heavy pencil in belongs to box (and below). Price NOT cut. Painting contest page has been removed. Textblock is slightly grubby else contents clean.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330781
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Very good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Child's name in pencil in belongs to box. Price NOT cut, but corner creased. Tiny piece of loss to inner corner of front free-endpaper, small patch of surface paper damage and grease to same (and grease mark to opposite pastedown). Dot-to-Dot done, magic paintings DONE. Crease to lower corner of rear free-endpaper.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330780
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 slightly bumped. Date (partially erased) to top edge of front cover. Spine lightly browned. Child's name and address written in belongs to box in ink (and name again in pencil). Price NOT cut. Magic Paintings DONE. Rear pastedown is damaged at edges - partially removed.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1330745
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed and slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is complete and bright.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 (FACSIMILE) - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330688
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Enjoy Rupert's rarest and most sought-after adventures with this beautiful facsimile of the 1941 annual, widely considered to be the best ever. Everything from the colour of the ink to the specially selected paper is true to the original, the only difference being the addition of a slipcase to keep this collector's item in perfect condition. ISBN: 1874507112. Spine is very slightly bumped. Contents are fine. Red tab to opening of slipcase has been partially removed. Slipcase is edge worn.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1949
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330578
Published by Daily Express. 1949. Fair condition.

Last Rupert annual issued in card wraps - Rupert carol singing. 1st story Rupert & Ninky. 120 pages. 9.5x7 ins. Lower half of backstrip is missing. Covers creased and edge rubbed. Tear to inner margin of rear cover. Biro marking to RUP of the title on front cover. Neat name to top and tail of last puzzle page. Belongs to box completed with heavy biro and biro spots to same page. Price NOT cut. Page corner tips lightly creased. Textblock is slightly grubby but otherwise contents are generally clean.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330567
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping to top and tail of spine. Slight surface paper damage to top of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Dot-to-dot has been completed in ink to pages 32/33. Magic Paintings are DONE! Couple of small margin tears/nicks to these pages. Wrinkling to margins of some pages - especially magic paining pages and ones near to them. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330566
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Almost 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 and worn with slight loss of backstrip to top of spine. Pencil name in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some small margin tears. Magic paintings DONE. Some marks to page margins. There is a printing error to pages 72 and 73 where the black ink appears to have run out (text still readable).