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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 1970
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1828768
Published by Daily Express. 1970. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing up a slope and waving. 1st story Rupert and the Outlaws. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. Board corners lightly bumped. Light browning to boards. Name in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Text block browned. Page edges lightly browned. Red felt-tip pen mark to page 5 and 53 (mostly affecting margin). Generally 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 ADVENTURE SERIES No. 11 - RUPERT AND THE LITTLE TREE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328493
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Little Tree. Also includes Rupert's Rainy Adventure. Both stories by Bestall, the Little Tree being an original for the series. The Rainy Adventure was published 1942. 20 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Rear cover grubby and creased. Staples rusty. Some light foxing. Some finger creases to page margins. Contents generally clean. Puzzle page clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 12 - RUPERT AND NEDDY
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Enid Ash; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328492
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And Neddy. Also includes Rupert And The Silent Dog, an original Bestall story for this series. 22 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers are edge rubbed, rear cover is grubby. Some marks to lower page margins but contents generally clean. Puzzle page clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1959 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328488
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2007. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Reproduction. Front cover shows Rupert holding a beach ball. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405232654. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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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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CLASSIC TALES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328430
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Heritage Classics series. Two of the very best stories by the quintessential Rupert illustrator, Bestall: Rupert and the Mare's Nest and Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo. Black cloth spine with gilt title, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781405264228. Cover edges (besides spine edges) are slightly grubby else fine.

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