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RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330567
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Almost 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. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping to top and tail of spine. Slight surface paper damage to top of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Dot-to-dot has been completed in ink to pages 32/33. Magic Paintings are DONE! Couple of small margin tears/nicks to these pages. Wrinkling to margins of some pages - especially magic paining pages and ones near to them. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330566
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped and worn with slight loss of backstrip to top of spine. Pencil name in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some small margin tears. Magic paintings DONE. Some marks to page margins. There is a printing error to pages 72 and 73 where the black ink appears to have run out (text still readable).

RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330119
Published by Daily Express. 1964. 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 bumped and slightly worn. Book leans to one side a little. Name in red crayon in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic paintings DONE. Foxing to textblock and some fingermarks to page margins. Still a nice copy of a scarce annual.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329843
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. SPine and corners bumped and worn, slight loss of spine covering at base. Light vertical creases to centre of rear cover. Magic paintings are DONE with some transfer of colour to opposite pages. Child's name in yellow crayon to belongs to box. Price NOT cut. A few small green marks to lower margin of title-page.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1959
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329756
Published by Daily Express. 1959. Good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards. Front cover has head and shoulders of Rupert with sea in the background. First story is Rupert and the Copper Bird. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Child's name in ink to belongs to box. Price NOT cut but there is some ink to the dotted line where it should be cut. Colouring contest page mostly completed. Textblock and page edges grubby.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1974
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1329755
Published by Daily Express. 1974. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert in the snow holding a chick made of snow. 1st story Rupert and the Iron Spade. The first cover design and endpapers by Alex Cubie. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in belongs to box. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Price CUT. Foxing else contents clean.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1329754
Published by Daily Express. 1976. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert waving with a toy train. 1st story Rupert and the Jumping Men. 10x7 inches. 115 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. NOT inscribed or price-cut. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1978
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1329753
Published by Daily Express. 1978. Very good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert on the back of a sledge, waving. First story is Rupert and the Rivals. The first Rupert annual to be drawn by John Harrold. 115 pages. 10x7 inches. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Pale page browning. Child's inscription in ink to belongs to box (and margin below). Price NOT cut. A nice copy.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1959
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329663
Published by Daily Express. 1959. Very good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards. Front cover has head and shoulders of Rupert with sea in the background. First story is Rupert and the Copper Bird. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price has been cut. A few small margin tears and corner creases. Colouring contest page untouched. Printing error to page 70 means light blue strip to edge (pictures and text still very visible).

RUPERT ANNUAL 1991
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329495
Published by Daily Express. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tall format glazed boards - Rupert on rock at seashore with dove. Pictorial endpapers by Alfred Bestall, cover design by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792428. Top edge of textblock is foxed.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1994
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1329493
Published by Daily Express. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 59. Tall format, glazed pictorial boards showing Rupert being carried shoulder-high on the beach by Uncle Boris. ISBN: 1874507368. Tiny indentation to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329488
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards showing Rupert on a swing. 1st story Rupert and the Hearth-Rug. Includes puzzle page and Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Some small brown spots to page margins. Magic paintings completed with some wrinkling of pages.