ANON. Boys and Girls' Book For 1938. Daily Express: 1938 1st ed 309 pp, 1 colour plate, tritone strips and numerous b./w illustrations. Pictorial boards rubbed at corners, endpapers browned and rear paste-down slightly split at hinge. Belongs-to box completed and one drawing partially completed in biro o/w VG. Includes 32 b/w Rupert strips 'Rupert and The Travel Machine'. (Book Ref #30004) £30.00
ANON. Rupert. The Daily Express Annual. Daily Express: 1958 1st ed 107 pp, colour illustrations. Not price-clipped, pencil inscription in belongs to box erased o/w a fine copy. (Book Ref #16963) £80.00
ANON. Rupert. The Daily Express Annual. Daily Express: 1960 1st ed 115 pp, colour illustrations. Light inscription on pictorial front endpaper, 'belongs to' box completed & small amount of biro in one place on the page. All but one magic painting page neatly completed o/w a near Fine copy. Cover shows Rupert with chinese lantern dragging a sled laden with holly. The first story is 'Rupert Suggests a Game'. (Book Ref #26685) £50.00
ANON. Rupert. The Daily Express Annual. Daily Express: 1959 1st ed 107 pp, profuse colour illustrations by Alfred Bestall. Laminated pictorial boards, spine ends very lightly rubbed and lamination on rear board wrinkled (manufacturing fault). Price-clipped, red crayon inscription in 'belongs to' box, Colouring Contest page neatly coloured a o/w a near fine copy. Cover shows Rupert leapfrogging over Bill Badger's back. The first story is Rupert and the Water-lily. (Book Ref #27752) £55.00
ANON. Rupert. The Daily Express Annual. Daily Express: 1967 1st ed 114 pp, colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Magic painting pages completed, with some off-setting on adjacent pages, o/w a near Fine copy. Not price-clipped or inscribed. The cover shows Rupert pulling a sleigh. The first story is Rupert and the Lost List. (Book Ref #28099) £40.00
ANON. Rupert. The Daily Express Annual. Daily Express: 1979 1st ed 115 pp, colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards Not price clipped or inscribed. A Fine copy. First story is 'Rupert and the Penguins'. (Book Ref #31979) £12.00
ANON. Rupert. The Daily Express Annual. Daily Express: 1978 1st ed 115 pp, colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Slightly chipped at base of spine o/w Fine. Not price clipped or inscribed. A Fine copy. First story is 'Rupert and the Rivals'. (Book Ref #31980) £10.00
ANON. Rupert Adventure Book No. 45. Daily Express: 1961 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, covers and colour strip throughout by Alfred Bestall. Pictorial paper covers. Join the dots puzzle neatly completed. Covers very lightly creased with 3 marginal nicks in the back cover o/w VG+. A lovely bright copy. Stories are Rupert and the Water Wings and Rupert and the Pillar Box together with 6 puzzles. (Book Ref #26498) £40.00
ANON. Rupert Adventure Book No. 46. Daily Express: n.d p/b 1st ed unpaginated, covers and colour strip throughout by Alfred Bestall. Pictorial paper covers. Fore-edge lightly thumb-creased o/w a Near Fine copy. Stories are Rupert and the Sweet Shop and Rupert and the Giant's Gift together with 3 puzzles. (Book Ref #26499) £65.00
ANON. Rupert and the Holiday Ship. Rupert Adventure Series No.22. Daily Express: n.d p/b 1st ed unpaginated, covers and colour strip throughout by Alfred Bestall. Pictorial paper covers. back cover slightly creased, inscription on top margin of front page o/w VG+. Second story is Rupert and The Colour Mixers. (Book Ref #26496) £18.00
ANON. The Rupert Picture Story Book. L.T.A Robinson: 1953 1st thus unpaginated, profuse colour illustrations. Pictorial boards, corners rubbed, 2 inscriptions o/w VG+. A very bright copy. (Book Ref #23955) £15.00
BOTT, C.G. The Life and Work of Alfred Bestall. Illustrator of Rupert Bear. Bloomsbury: 2003 1st ed 338 pp, colour plates and b/w draawings throughout, list of artwork. F/F. The author was Bestall's godchild and niece and inherited much of his artwork on his death. (Book Ref #26181) £12.00
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