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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2112187
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Oxenham story "Peggy and the Brotherhood". Light bumping and wear to spine and a couple of corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning. Scarce wrapper is foxed, with some edge-creasing and closed tears; a few small chips of loss.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1951 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2110632
Published by Daily Express. 1951. Almost 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. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Split to spine at rear, which has been neatly repaired. Some foxing. Not price-cut or inscribed. Some foxing and grubby margin marks.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1206532
Published by Daily Express. 1938. Good condition.

The third Rupert annual. 1st story Rupert and the Black Daffodil. (Contents page differs to title). Colour pictorial boards. Red cloth spine. 126 pages. 10 x 7.5 inches. Edges and corners worn. Spine slightly faded and spotted. No name in belongs to box. Top corners of title page torn off. Some colouring to contents. Pages 68/69 have remains of silver foil partially covering pictures and text. Front joint cracked. Some hinges pulled. Foxspots throughout.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 20 - RUPERT AND THE WILD GOOSE CHASE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1206520
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Wild Goose Chase. Also includes Rupert And The Glowing Pool. 22 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Faint browning to edge of rear cover. Front cover beautifully bright and clean. A few pages have light fingermarks and foxspots mainly to margins.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 20 - RUPERT AND THE WILD GOOSE CHASE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1706110
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Wild Goose Chase. Also includes Rupert And The Glowing Pool. 22 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 1/2" split to base of spine. Spine rubbed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1952 - MORE RUPERT ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1306454
Published by Daily Express. 1952. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards - Rupert waving from tree branch. 1st story Rupert & the Mare's Nest. 120 pages. 10 x 7 ins. Spine and corners bumped, 2cm loss to base of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Child's name and address in ink in belongs to box (small ink mark opposite). Price NOT cut. Endpapers lightly browned else contents clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 20 - RUPERT AND THE WILD GOOSE CHASE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1306447
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Wild Goose Chase. Also includes Rupert And The Glowing Pool. 22 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers edge worn with some creasing. REar cover is grubby with some scribbles (pen and crayon). Splits to top and tail of spine. Fingering to page margins. Staples rusty.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 5 - THE BIG GAME HUNT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1106828
Published by Daily Express. Nearly fine condition.

Rupert's Big Game Hunt and Rupert and the Banjo. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Staples have started to rust, with a few marks and foxing to rear cover. Contents are lovely and bright!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1937 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1305553
Published by Daily Express. 1937. Good condition.

The second Rupert annual. Colour pictorial boards showing Rupert and chums on a bridge. 1st story Rupert and the Snow Machine. Red cloth spine, black lettering. 124 pages. 7.5x10". Red and black illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges worn. 1.5" pencil mark to front cover. Covers are slightly grubby. Joints are cracked. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Child's pencil and pen scribbles/doodles to pastedowns and title-page and on verso. Contents are well fingered with a number of small tears or lost corners (no loss of text or images). Illustratons on 10 pages have been partly colour (not very well) with watercolour or crayon. A good copy.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 5 - THE BIG GAME HUNT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1205984
Published by Daily Express. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Rupert's Big Game Hunt and Rupert and the Banjo. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Rear cover a little grubby with small mark at lower edge.Faint mark to front cover else bright and clean. Contents fine.

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THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton; Alec Rowley. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1102900
Published by The Home Library Book Company; George Newnes Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

12 musical plays for children aged 8 to 15. 24 full-page b/w drawings by Alfred Bestall and music by Alec Rowley. Very large format. Russet cloth, gilt title and decorations to spine. Pictorial endpapers. 240 pages. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1948 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 816160
Published by Daily Express. 1948. Almost 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. All edges of covers strengthened with tape. Covers foxed. Belongs to box completed and scribbled out in ink. NOT price-cut. Tape to last page. Ink date to bottom of title page.

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