Stella & Rose's Books

THE NEW POLY-OLBION: TOPOGRAPHICAL EXCURSIONS
Written by Andrew Young.
Stock no. 1828622
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Andrew Young is well known not only as a poet of unquestioned stature but also as a weriter with a great love for the British countryside. In this book, he takes us on a leisurely, affectionate journey through an England that is rapidly disappearing. A gently, lyrical guide to pastoral Britain, written in prose with the vision of a poet. Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 95 pages. Text block foxed with some foxing bleeding on to the margins (minor). Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

CLASSIC TALES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328430
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Heritage Classics series. Two of the very best stories by the quintessential Rupert illustrator, Bestall: Rupert and the Mare's Nest and Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo. Black cloth spine with gilt title, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781405264228. Cover edges (besides spine edges) are slightly grubby else fine.

A LOOK AT CECIL ALDIN'S DOGS AND HOUNDS
Written by Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328398
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. A visual journey through Aldin's career. Colour & b/w illustrations. Oblong format. Brown boards with gilt titles. ISBN: 1872708005. Spine bumped at top. Some erased pencil writing and other light marks to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded, small brown mark to front panel.

THE WORLD OF RUPERT ALBUM 2
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328396
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Book 2 in The Collector's Album Series, celebrating the illustrations of Alfred Bestall. Containing Rupert and the Little River; Rupert's Big Game Hunt and Rupert and the Hazel Nut. Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405240246. Corners slightly bumped.

RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1328394
Published by L.T.A Robinson. Almost very good condition.

Title page is "The New Rupert Colour Adventure Book". Laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert climbing down a castle wall by means of a rope. Coloured and red/white pictures throughout. First story is Rupert and his Pet Monkey. 10.5 x 8.5". Unpaginated. Spine bumped and worn, corners very slightly bumped. A few pages are marked by a sticky/greasy spot.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2011
Written by Alfred Bestall; Beth Harwood. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328345
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2011. Fine condition.

Cover: Rupert being held and flown by Robo. Glazed pictorial boards. 3 Bestall stories previously published and 1 new Harwood/Trotter story. No. 76. ISBN: 9781405257084.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2013
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Enid Ash; Stuart Trotter; John Harrold.
Stock no. 1328344
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Cover shows a scene from "Rupert and the Go-Kart Race" - the new story by Stuart Trotter. Annual no. 78. ISBN: 9781405267656. 'The Works' price sticker partially removed from front cover. Else a fine copy.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2023
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; John Harold.
Stock no. 1328246
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2023. Fine condition.

No. 88. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front shows Rupert dressed as a magician with his friends surrounding him. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008537104.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2021
Written by Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; John Harrold; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328244
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert standing on an anchor in a winter scene. First story is Rupert and the Housemouse from the 1973 annual. ISBN: 9780755501069.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2023
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; John Harold.
Stock no. 1328243
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2023. Fine condition.

No. 88. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front shows Rupert dressed as a magician with his friends surrounding him. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008537104.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2022
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; John Harrold; Alex Cubie; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328122
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert under an umbrella surround by friends. ISBN: 9780008507688. Minimal rubbing to spine ends.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1327434
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 and rubbed. Child's name in ink to belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some light foxing/spotting but contents generally clean.