Rupert Annual, 1974, RUP 24, (Copy 4).

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* RUP 24. Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1974* Publisher: Beaverbrook Newspapers for the Daily Express.* Binding and cover condition: Colour laminated illustrated cover, yellow title to face with squared pattern in black. Rupert and snow scene to front board with black cat in the foreground by Alex Cubie. Some light impression marks & scratches to boards. Some rubs to corners and small split to head of spine (1/2?) GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Crisp & tight with minimal reading wear, no name in ?belongs to? panel but title page price-clipped. Considerable inscriptions and marks to ffep. Slight marks to Rupert?s Paper Yacht but no crayon marks or scribbles to any other pages. Some slight marks to top-edge. GD+* Illustrations: Colour drawings throughout.* Pages: 114 pp. text. i pp advertisement and solution to puzzle at rear.* Description: With fantastic colour illustration of a fishing harbour at twilight named ?Rupert at The Fishing Haven,? (first by Alex Cubie) on end papers. An entertaining annual packed with colour illustrated picture stories featuring Rupert and his friends in ?Rupert and The Iron Spade,? ?Rupert and Jenny Frost,? ?Rupert and The Secret Path,? ?Rupert and The Little Bells,?; plus puzzle and details of how to make ?Rupert?s paper yacht?.* A near VG copy but with some cover and contents faults reducing it to GD+.* RUP 24. RUP 24