The New Adventures of Rupert. [Limited Edition Facsimile by Alfred Bestall - 1985

UK: Pedigree Books. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Collector's edition - limited and numbered. Softcover. 0850791499 . This is a numbered (7568) collector's facsimile edition in VG condition with a G++ dustwrapper; the book, produced In 1994, has unfaded red board covers; it is clean and has no writing in, but must have been stored somewhere a little damp, as the top blocked page foredges have some foxing, and very occasionally, this foxing has spread onto a page. The dustwrapper has small chips to edgesand foxing, largely to the underside and inside flaps. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 120 pages .

Daily Express, 1985. . Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Illustrator: Alfred Bestall. Book Facsimile. Limited edition of which this is number 12670. Originally published 1936. Red cloth with black stamped design and titles under pictorial jacket . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 124 pages. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. No inscriptions. Jacket protected with clear plastic cover. Illustrator: Alfred Bestall. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children; . ISBN: 0850791499. ISBN/EAN: 9780850791495. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 034662. . 9780850791495

Daily Express , 1936. Book. Poor. hardback. hardback, red cloth boards lettered black, no dust jacket. Rubbed to the extremities, minor splash marks to the cloth, hinges cracked, wear to the edges of the leaves, previous ownership details excised from the 'This Book Belongs To' box. Some colouring of the pictures, now protected in a non-adhesive archival film sleeve. .

London: Daily Express, 1985. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: "Daily Express" Publication.1985 (Facsimile of 1936 Edition). Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Hardcover. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Facsimile edition. Numbered edition 9991. A very fine copy in like dustwrapper. As new. Photographs/scans available upon request.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Daily Express Publications [1985], facsimile edition. (4to) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 124pp. Printed on pulpy paper, a numbered copy from a numbered edition. Illustrated with two-tone cartoons. The page edges show faint evidence of having been damp resulting in a very slight ripple to the text block. Else a bright clean copy. Main character: Rupert Bear. (Juvenile, Juvenile).

London: Daily Express Publications, 1985. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10" by 7.5". Alfred Bestall. A facsimile of the first Rupert Annual originally published in 1936, with Alfred Bestall's original charming illustrations and in the original unclipped dust wrapper and wraparound band, and with the original postage box from the publisher. The facsimile edition. Limited edition number 6142. First published in 1936. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper and wrap around band. Also with the original postage box directly from the publisher.Illustrated throughout with Alfred Bestall's original black and red comic strip and monochrome full page illustrations. This work is a facsimile of the first ever Rupert Annual, published originally in 1936, with all of Alfred Bestall's charming illustrations of Rupert and his friends. Rupert Bear is a popular children's comic strip character created originally by Mary Tourtel and taken over by Alfred Bestall in 1935. The comic strip… Read More

Daily Express Publications, London, 1936. 1st Edition . Book Hardcover. Good. First edition of first Rupert Bear annual. Red cloth damp stained with faint writing on rear cover. Binding cracking but firm. Picture at rear coloured in. Scattered foxing and thumb marks.

London: Daily Express Publication, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 10.5" by 8". Alfred Bestall. The first edition of the first ever Rupert Bear annual, a charming children's work complete with colourful illustrations of the beloved anthropomorphic character, Rupert Bear. The first ever Rupert Bear annual, an important annual which has been published continuously since 1936, even during the paper shortages of World War Two.Including 'Rupert and the Wonderful Kite', 'Pictures for Your Paint-Box', 'Rupert, Algy, and the Cannibals', 'Rupert's Autumn Adventure', 'Rupert, Bill, and the Pearls', and 'Rupert's Christmas Adventure'.Illustrated throughout in black and red ink.By Alfred Bestall, best known for writing and illustrating Rupert Bear for the London 'Daily Express' from 1935 to 1965.With contemporary owner's inscriptions to the front pastedown, and front free endpaper.Rupert Bear, a cornerstone of British culture since his first appearance in 1920, was originally created by Mary Tourtel, in… Read More

London: Daily Express, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Illustrations by Alfred Bestall. Original red cloth with black titles to the spine and front panel in the original D/W. The book is a beautiful fine example with no fading or ghosting to the boards - certainly the best we have handled - with the "Book belongs to" box not completed. The pages are clean with just a trace of foxing. The paintings have been neatly completed in watercolour by a former owner. This book comes with a lovely example of the VERY SCARCE D/W which has benefitted from some highly skilled archival repair and refurbishment (by one of the UK's leading paper conservators) chiefly to a 5 1/2 cm at the head of the spine replacing missing artwork and now shows as a most attractive example that shows well. The D/W is not price-clipped and not spine-faded. The very first Rupert annual and the first Rupert book to be illustrated by Alfred Bestall. The first time Rupert appeared wearing… Read More