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HENDERSON**, JAMES & ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 1991. [No. 56.]

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS p.l.c,1991.

ISBN 0850792428.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£4.25) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A vertical 5cm score to centre of front board and a few other minor but superficial scorring/indent impressions also,rear board virtually indent-free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without further blemish; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound and virtually pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,no nicks or tears,no foxing/spotting present.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-97pp [paginated] includes 6 colour strip stories,3 single page origami instructions to make Freddy Fox,a chatterbox and a Swan candy dish respectively,a spot-the-difference puzzle,a memory test puzzle - ALL untouched and not attempted,a publisher's colour pictorial advert for other Rupert strip stories in the Daily Express newspaper,with puzzles' solutions to foot of same,as the last page.Cover: Rupert,with a brown face,astride a rock at the seaside with Tigerlily behind him.Other Nutwood friends/ characters in the background,round to rear board. First story: Rupert and the Angry Sea; plus 4 others - Rupert and the Scared Crows, Rupert and the River Rogues,Rupert and the Twilight Fan and Rupert and the Stolen Snowmen. John Harrold took over the illustrating of the Rupert character as Alex CUBIE had retired,and who'd illustrated the previous annuals from 1974 until 1978.John Harrold was born in Glasgow, 1947,and studied art there at the Glasgow School of Art situated in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building.His first job as a Rupert illustrator was on 'Fun to Cook with Rupert' (drawn in 1973, published 1974).The editor,Frederick Chaplain was impressed and invited him to work for the Daily Express.His first story,Rupert and the Worried Elves,began on 14 October 1976,and in the same year he produced games pages for the annuals.This edn was his first annual,and he has drawn the covers and end-papers for the annuals since this. Up to now,has been illustrating the little bear's adventures for longer than Mary Tourtel, and those children who were brought up on his first adventures are now mature adults. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued.1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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