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A First Edition of 'The New Adventures of Rupert' by Alfred Bestall in Very Good condition published by Daily Express Publications in 1936

The New Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Annual Number One] by Alfred Bestall, First Edition

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  • The New Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Annual Number One] by Alfred Bestall, First Edition
  • The New Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Annual Number One] by Alfred Bestall, First Edition
  • The New Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Annual Number One] by Alfred Bestall, First Edition
  • The New Adventures of Rupert [Daily Express Rupert Annual Number One] by Alfred Bestall, First Edition

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Condition Summary: (Very Good/[No dustjacket]) A sound book with clean boards and pages. All notable faults: Very slightly faded on the spine, moderate foxing, heaviest on early and late pages, previous owner's name in belongs to box (pencil), some marking and underlining in soft pencil, page 124 has has been neatly coloured in and page 67 rather crudely (issue with legends under the painting pages). Dustjacket not present

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Book Number B0013602
Title The New Adventures of Rupert
Author(s) Author: Bestall, Alfred [Edmeades 'Fred'] Illustrator: Alfred Bestall

Alfred [Edmeades 'Fred'] Bestall (1892 to 1986)—Author and illustrator, born in Mandalay, Burma, and best known as the author and illustrator of Rupert Bear for the London Daily Express from 1935 to 1965
Edition and Format First Edition—Edition identified by: Cover picture of Rupert reading a book and the first story is Rupert and the Wonderful Kite, printers date 1936. [References: Lofts, Adley and Beck, page 61]

Hardcover, Quarto (25-30 cm high). 125 printed pages in publisher's original red cloth with black lettering and decoration on the spine and upper board, issued in pictorial dust jacket [not present]. Contains black and white and colour illustrations by Alfred Bestall
Publisher(s) Daily Express Publications, [London] , 1936
Series Daily Express Rupert Annual Number One

Daily Express Rupert Annual—An annual featuring the children's comic strip character Rupert Bear, one of which has been released every year since 1936. The first annual were created by Alfred Bestall (1-39) and later ones by Alex Cubie (40–43), John Harrold (44–72) and Stuart Trotter (73–74). The first book was originally published in 1936
Content Content

The first Daily Express Rupert annual to be published.

Contents include : 'Rupert and the Wonderful Kite', 'Pictures for Your Paint-Box', 'Rupert, Algy, the Cannibals', 'Pictures for Your Paint-Box', 'Rupert, Autumn Adventure', 'Rupert, Bill, the Pearls', 'Rupert's Christmas Adventure' and 'Picture for Your Paint-Box'.

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