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HENDERSON**, JAMES - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 1986. [No. 51.]

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS p.l.c.,1986.

ISBN 0850791596.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£2.95p) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card covers and colour front endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners.Head+foot of spine/backstrip gently pushed,very few other indents apart from 2 sets of a baby's faint upper+lower teeth-mark bite to both upper+lower edges of boards! Corners minisculely bumped,along with both head+foot of spine/backstrip minimal indents to boards.Top+ fore-edges barely aged/toned and without blemish,else bright and clean,solid and sound; contents bright,tight and near pristine,no foxing/spotting and no nicks or tears present. UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4- 100pp [paginated] includes a colour pictoial illustrated Rupert's Who's Who of characters to reverse of front free endpaper,5 colour strip stories,a colour-in+write Your Own Rupert story - neither coloured-in or any written attempt; two single page origami instructions+ illustrations to make Rupert's paper banger and a box for same respectively.Cover: Rupert,with a brown face,at the waterside with a rock pool net over his left shoulder and holding a jar of tadpoles in his right hand.Other Nutwood friends /characters in the background,extending round to rear board.First story: Rupert and the Strange Airman; plus 5 others - Rupert and Rika,Rupert and the Worried Elves,Rupert and the Dragon Mystery,Rupert and the Mulp Gulper,and Rupert and the Iceberg. Described hard,but fairly and honestly,faults basically external,and without too much detraction to overall condition and appearance of the book! Still a vey acceptable example. Want more RUPERT titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. 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 1977.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.Since his first annual (1978),Harrold has drawn the covers and end-papers for the annuals since this,up to now. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight 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 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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