Author: Alfred Bestall
Title: More Adventures of Rupert: Rupert Annual 1937 Facsimile Edition
Description: London, Daily Express Publications, 1986. Cloth. The limited edition facsimile of the 1937 Rupert Annual, with the original wraparound band. Limited edition, number 1277. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper boards and the original wrap around band.Illustrated throughout with Alfred Bestall's charming illustrations in red and black of Rupert Bear and his friends. This work is a facsimile of the 1937 Rupert Annual, with all of Alfred Bestall's charming illustrations of Rupert and his friends. Rupert Bear is a popular children's comic strip character created originally by Mary Tourtel and taken over by Alfred Bestall in 1935. The comic strip first appeared in the Daily Express in 1920, intended to drive sales and beat their rivals such as the Daily Mail. The first Rupert annual was published in 1936. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper boards and the original wrap around band. Externally lovely. The wraparound band is also lovely with only slight marks. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine . Ill.: Alfred Bestall. Fine .

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