Stella & Rose's Books

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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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325626
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Very good 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. Some slight rubbing to cover edges and a few very small, light marks to covers but otherwise covers are lovely and bright. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Minimal foxing to textblock. Puzzle pages are clean. A super copy of this scarce annual.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1975
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1325595
Published by Daily Express. 1975. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert talking to a Merboy who is in the sea and holding a shell of fruit. 1st story Rupert and the Little River. 115 pages. 10x7 inches. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink (black felt-tip) in belongs to box (date in blue biro outside box). Price NOT cut. Some very pale page edge browning and a light musty smell to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325472
Published by Daily Express. 1965. 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, spine slightly browned. Child's name in ink to belongs to box. Price cut. Magic paintings have been completed with transfer of colour to facing pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2014
Written by Stuart Trotter. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; Alex Cubie; John Harrold.
Stock no. 1325006
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2014. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a lantern through the snow. Contains stories and activities from the 1978, 1980, 2001, 1982 annuals. Includes stories by Stuart Trotter and new illustrations. ISBN: 9781405272087.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2011
Written by Alfred Bestall; Beth Harwood. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1325005
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Cover: Rupert being held and flown by Robo. Glazed pictorial boards. 3 Bestall stories previously published and 1 new Harwood/Trotter story. No. 76. ISBN: 9781405257084. Slight rubbing to corners and minimal bumping. Contents fine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324986
Published by Daily Express. 1969. Good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert sitting on rock looking into stream. 1st story Rupert & the Whistlefish. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine split at top 1" and loss to lower 0.5". Light stain to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Price on title-page has been torn off with loss along lower margin. Some grubby marks to contents but nothing too bad.

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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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THE WORLD OF THE DARK CRYSTAL
Written by J.J. Llewellyn; Jim Henson; Rupert Brown. Illustrated by Brian Froud.
Stock no. 1324878
Published by Pavilion Books. Circa 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Featuring new art and an introduction by the artist. Includes facsimile booklet of original concept drawings in pocket to rear pastedown. Large format. Cream boards with brown decorations, brown spine with cream title. ISBN: 1862056242. Second printing. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Page corner tips lightly creases from bumping. Dustwrapper is unevenly faded and slightly edge rubbed.

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THE WORLD OF THE DARK CRYSTAL
Written by J.J. Llewellyn; Jim Henson; Rupert Brown. Illustrated by Brian Froud.
Stock no. 1324867
Published by Pavilion Books. Circa 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Featuring new art and an introduction by the artist. Includes facsimile booklet of original concept drawings in pocket to rear pastedown. Large format. Cream boards with brown decorations, brown spine with cream title. ISBN: 1862056242. Second printing. Corners of covers bumped, including top page corner tips. Dustwrapper is worn and faded with small tears.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1989
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1324832
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Almost very good condition.

No. 54. Tall format glazed boards - Rupert & chums with snowman. 1st story Rupert and the Boomerarrow. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850791871. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Child's name in ink to front pastedown (and small ink mark at lower margin), to belongs to box, to top margin of title-page and to rear pastedown. Puzzle pages done in pencil. Pencil circle around illustration of Rupert on page 61. Some light finger creasing else but contents generally clean.

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