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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1402893
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reproduction of the third Rupert annual. Pictorial paper-covered boards showing Rupert waving from a tree. Red cloth spine. Red, black and white pictures throughout. 125 pages. ISBN: 0850791979. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name label and handwritten date to belongs to box. Light foxing to prelims and endpapers. Small mark to bottom edge of text block. Still has original wrap-around band to book which is slightly faded to spine. Copy no. 07987.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2007
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1712399
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

The last Rupert annual to be illustrated by John Harrold. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert with a shopping list in his hand and a basket full of shopping in his other hand. Annual No. 72. ISBN: 9781405231015. Maze has be completed in pencil. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2006
Written by Jim Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1313563
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2006. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and a baby Yak on top of a reindeer. ISBN: 0850793203. SIGNED by the illustrator to front pastedown with an accompanying couplet. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TOPPER BOOK 1975
No author listed.
Stock no. 1313549
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1975. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. NOT price cut. Child's writing in belongs to box and inscription in ink above. Contents clean.

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AUNT JUDY'S MAY-DAY VOLUME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Written by Aunt Judy; Mrs. Gatty. Illustrated by F. Gilbert; A.W. Cooper; R. Newcombe.
Stock no. 1503072
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1869. Almost very good condition.

For young people edited by Mrs Gatty. Red three quarter leather binding with marbled boards and text block. Raised bands to spine with gilt lines and titles. Black title block. Contains November 1868 to April 1869. B/w illustrations. 380 pages. Spine worn with chip from top and bottom edge. Bumping to corners. Wear to corners, cover edges and some of leather. Slight loss from edge of marbling on front cover. Slight scuffing to marbling. Marks to pastedowns, appear to correspond with leather. Pencil writing about contents to title page. A few marks/fingermarks to prelims, contents generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1313469
Published by Daily Express. 1938. Good condition.

The third Rupert annual. 1st story Rupert and the Daffodils. Colour pictorial boards. Red cloth spine. 126 pages. 10x7.5". Covers are edge worn, spine and corners bumped. Front joint is almost broken. Name and address in ink in belongs to box. Margin tear to base of title-page. Some page corner tips creased. Hinges cracked, some very weak, because of cracked joints/hinges front cover doesn't sit as is should. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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THE CHILDREN'S PRIZE 1869
Written by J. Erskine Clarke.
Stock no. 1402784
Published by William Macintosh. 1869. Fair condition.

Blue patterned boards with gilt titles to front. Contains 9 issues (January - September). Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges are rubbed. Some darkening to boards and a few marks. Front Joint cracked meaning frontis is partially detached. Rear joint is also cracked as are several hinges meaning the binding is a little loose. Possibly two plates and rear endpaper missing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1927) and to verso of frontis. Some colouring of b/w illustrations. Some page browning. Grubby marks. A reading copy only.

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AUNT JUDY'S MAGAZINE - THE CHRISTMAS VOLUME 1869
Written by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Illustrated by F.W. Keyl; F. Gilbert; A.W. Cooper; R. Newcombe; A.W. Bayes; et al..
Stock no. 1313272
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1869. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with bevelled edges, embossed titles and decorations to front and rear covers, gilt title labels and decoration to spine. 380 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly scuffed. Foxing and light musty smell to contents. Rear joint is cracked.

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THE PRIZE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS VOLUME 62
Written by Bertha Leonard; et al. Illustrated by Marjorie Slade; Eve Garnett; V. Edgecombe Jenkins; et al..
Stock no. 1502889
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Almost very good condition.

Volume LXII. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children on beach looking at sunset, pears soap advert to rear cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 140 pages. Spine bumped and worn with small splits and some fraying. Corners worn, piece chipped from outside edge of slightly bowed front cover. Spine and covers a little grubby. Front joint and a couple of hinges starting to crack. Some foxing. A few grubby marks to contents page but rest of contents generally clean.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502681
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial front board showing a girl marooned on a sandcastle. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. 162 pages. Spine browned with small splits at top. Corners and cover edges worn. Rear cover has large scratch mark and top outside corner is darkened/stained. Contents are very good.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2008
Written by Stuart Trotter; Anna Bowles. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1711012
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2008. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial covers, with a padded front cover. The first annual by Stuart Trotter. Front cover shows Rupert with an orange ice-lolly. ISBN: 9781405238908. Peelable Sticker to front cover still present. Belongs to Box is clean. NOT price cut.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1907
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Edith A. Cubitt; et al..
Stock no. 1109462
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1907. Very good condition.

19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Edges rubbed, corners worn. A little fraying to cloth spine edges. A few light score marks to front board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning. Hinges pulled. A few margin tears. Contents clean.

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