Stella & Rose's Books

RUPERT ANNUAL 1983
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1331263
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in plane flown by Clown. 1st story Rupert and the Black Circle. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791308. Slight bumping to spine. Contents fine.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1973
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1331215
Published by Daily Express. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert playing in a tree. 1st story Rupert and the Bouncers. The last cover design by Alfred Bestall - and the first with a white-faced Rupert. This change caused Bestall to resign. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Minimal bumping to base of spine. Corners sharp. A light crease to laminate of lower edge of front cover. No names, NOT price cut. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Contents bright and clean. A super copy.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1970
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1331214
Published by Daily Express. 1970. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing up a slope and waving. 1st story Rupert and the Outlaws. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. No names, price NOT cut. Textblock is slightly fingered and dusty. Contents bright and clean. A super copy.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1974
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1331122
Published by Daily Express. 1974. 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. Spine slightly faded. Belongs to box clean. Price NOT cut. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Light page edge browning and foxing to textblock else contents clean.

THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1331034
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Green pictorial boards showing Rupert sitting on a log and talking to a lizard with a bicycle. Red cloth spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 158 pages. Contains 4 Rupert Stories: Rupert and the Three Robbers; Rupert and the Little Prince; Rupert and Bill and the Pirates; Rupert and the Magic Hat. Covers are edge worn. Child's inscription in ink to belongs to box. Creasing to top corner of title-page. Page edge browning else contents clean. A few page corner tips lightly creased.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1331020
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Almost 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 and slightly worn. Some score marks to rear cover. Light crease to lower corner of front cover. Spine slightly browned. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic Paintings messily COMPLETED. Contents well fingered with light creases to margins.

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 23 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW SPORTS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1331019
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Snow Sports. Also includes Rupert And The Vanishing Pet. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers creased, slightly foxed and edge rubbed. Mark to rear cover. Some light fingering to page margins and top corner tips lightly creased. Small name in ink to front cover.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2004
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1330936
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cover shows Rupert holding baby Ming the dragon. Large format. Colour illustrations. Annual No. 69. ISBN: 0850793009. Some pale foxspots to endpapers. Minimal rubbing at corners. Some wrinkling of paper at top edge of rear pastedown.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1972
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330935
Published by Daily Express. 1972. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert and chums enjoying a picnic. 1st story Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light creases to covers. Old brown tape(?) mark to lower edges of covers. Name in belongs to box and inscription in ink to margin above. Price NOT cut. Page corner tips creased. Some margin marks. One page has a light vertical crease at edge.

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 23 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW SPORTS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330934
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Snow Sports. Also includes Rupert And The Vanishing Pet. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers a bit grubby. Drawing lesson puzzle completed. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles; Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1831130
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) work gives an accurate and interesting development of point-to-poinnting and steeplechasing between 1907 and 1953. Large oblong format. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0951369709. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased across top edge.

SNAFFLES: THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE (SNAFFLES) 1884-1967
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles; Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1831129
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A full range of Snaffles's work from the war at sea and on land, hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, show-jumping. big game. pigsticking, point-to-point, horse dealing and otter hunting. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0091726670. A very nice copy, no visible marks. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded and lightly scuffed.