Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1977
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1330790
Published by Daily Express. 1977. Nearly fine 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 and rubbing to spine and corners. NOT price-cut or inscribed. The tiniest hint of page edge browning else contents fine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1962
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330789
Published by Daily Express. 1962. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards - Rupert throwing a snowball on front cover. Magic painting pages. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight fading to cover edges some. Endpapers are lightly browned. Magic Paintings DONE, biro scribbles to some of the painting pages. Pages opposite painting pages are affected by water colour but generally contents are clean.

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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.

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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.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1954 - THE NEW RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330786
Published by Daily Express. 1954. 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 bumped and worn, 1.5" split to top front edge. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Contest page completed but still present. Small mark to lower edge of textblock.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1956 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330782
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. 1956. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert flying through the air on a sledge. 107 pages. Painting page, cinema show and puzzle pages. A Daily Express annual. Not published in facsimile form as some of the content was considered politically incorrect. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Masking tape to base of spine. Name and address in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Small brown marks to pages 93-97. Contest page UNTOUCHED. A few tiny spots to textblock else contents lovely and bright. A nice copy of a scarce annual.

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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.

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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.

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A BOOK OF MEDITERRANEAN FOOD AND OTHER WRITINGS
Written by Elizabeth David; Julian Barnes. Illustrated by John Minton; Sophie Maccarthy.
Stock no. 1830932
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Hearty pasta dishes from Italy; aromatic and tangy salads from Turkey and Greece; and tasty seafood and saffron dishes from Spain. Preface by Julian Barnes. Green cloth spine with gilt title. Vivid olive motif patterned boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxii and 265 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at edges and a little scuffed.

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