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HENDERSON**, JAMES - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 1987. [No. 52.]

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS p.l.c.,1987.

ISBN 0850791685.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. FINE++.Neat,handwritten.blue ink gift presentation+date inscrptn (to 1yr-old boy - nephew) to top edge of ffe,recipient's handwritten name by gift donor to name- panel, but no price-clip (£3.25p) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and colour pictorial illustrated front endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - boards indent and wrinkle free.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound and near pristine (gift inscrptn excepted) - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,possibly never read,apart from my own collation - and no foxing/spotting,and no nicks or tears present.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,4-100pp [paginated] includes colour pictorial illustrated contents list/table to reverse of front free endpaper,5 colour strip stories,a 1pp origami instructions+illus to make Rupert's paper crown,and a painting/colouring-in and Write Your own Rupert story page - neither coloured-in nor any written attempt.Cover: Rupert,with a brown face,looking through parted shrubbery,with a parrot on his left shoulder. Other Nutwood friends/characters in the background,continuing on round to rear board. First story: Rupert and the River Pirates; plus 4 others - Rupert and the Worg Seeds,Rupert and the Lotus Isle,Rupert and Hamish,and Rupert and Old Tom's Treasure Trove. An extremely exceptional example,it's only the donor's gift inscrptns that prevent it being listed as Near MINT. 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 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 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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