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ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - [1990. 70th Anniversary - No. 55.]**

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS p.l.c.,1990.

ISBN 0850792061.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[The dw/dj is reversible with a special,coloured,Rupert portrait by John Harrold.] NFINE/NFINE.A lengthy,neat,handwritten,blue ink Christmas familial gift presentation+date (1991) inscrptn to name-panel and recipient's name to same,but no price-clip (£4.25p) to colour pictorial illutrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John HARROLD,illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to sharp-cornered,glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing and minimal bumping to edges and corners,no major nicks or tears present though there are drawing-pin pricks to corners and some very miniscule paper loss to vicinity of same and a small closed tear to what is the top,left-hand corner of the poster,but the lower corner of the front inner flap of dw/dj.The head+shoulders of Rupert's portrait on the inside of the dw/dj,looks to have been traced round leaving its trace visible to exterior of dw/dj but not to the boards - otherwise both the dw/dj and the boards are virtually indent-free. Bright,crisp clean,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated 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.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without further blemish; contents particularly bright,tight,clean - solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - no foxing/spotting and no nicks or tears present. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-98pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,3 pages of puzzles (spot- the-difference,a who's hat? puzzle and a memory test - all untouched and not attempted),a publisher's colour pictorial illustrated advert for other Rupert strip stoeies in the Daily Express,with puzzles' solutions to foot of same,as last page.Cover: Rupert,with a brown face,hands and boots sitting on a park bench along with Willie (Bill Badger's younger brother) whilst a Yeti is leaning on the park bench's arm,to Rupert's right.Other Nutwood friends/characters in the background,continuing on round to rear board.First story: Rupert and the Little Yum,plus 4 others - Rupert and the Sea Queen,Rupert and the Eastern Isle,Rupert and the Little Train,and Rupert and Willie's Present. 1990 is a special year for Rupert. It is exactly seventy years since he first appeared in the Daily Express and to celebrate his birthday John Harrold was commissioned especially to paint a unique portrait of Britain's best-loved bear! Remove the dust-jacket and turn it inside out to display your very own copy of this exclusive anniversary poster. Unusual and fairly uncommon to find complete with poster dw/dj. 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 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.

O.o.print 2002-2021 [Nos.67-85.]

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - [1990. 70th Anniversary - No. 55.]**

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS p.l.c.,1990.

ISBN 0850792061.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[The dw/dj is reversible with a special,coloured, Rupert portrait by John Harrold.] NMINT/NMINT.A lengthy,neat,handwritten,blue ink Christmas familial gift presentation+date (1991) inscrptn to name-panel and recipient's name to same,but no price-clip (£4.25p) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John HARROLD, illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to sharp-cornered,glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing and minimal bumping to edges and corners,no major nicks or tears present though there are drawing-pin pricks to corners and some very miniscule paper loss to vicinity of same and a small closed tear to what is the top,left-hand corner of the poster,but the lower corner of the front inner flap of dw/dj.The head+shoulders of Rupert's portrait on the inside of the dw/dj (portrait side),looks to have been traced round leaving its trace visible to exterior of dw/dj but not to the boards - otherwise both the dw/dj and the boards are virtually indent-free.Bright,crisp clean,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated 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.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without further blemish; contents particularly bright,tight,clean - solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - no foxing/spotting and no nicks or tears present. UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-98pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,3 pages of puzzles (spot- the-difference,a who's hat? puzzle and a memory test - all untouched and not attempted),a publisher's colour pictorial illustrated advert for other Rupert strip stoeies in the Daily Express,with puzzles' solutions to foot of same,as last page.Cover: Rupert,with a brown face,hands and boots sitting on a park bench along with Willie (Bill Badger's younger brother) whilst a Yeti is leaning on the park bench's arm,to Rupert's right.Other Nutwood friends/characters in the background,continuing on round to rear board.First story: Rupert and the Little Yum,plus 4 others - Rupert and the Sea Queen,Rupert and the Eastern Isle,Rupert and the Little Train,and Rupert and Willie's Present. 1990 is a special year for Rupert. It is exactly seventy years since he first appeared in the Daily Express and to celebrate his birthday John Harrold was commissioned especially to paint a unique portrait of Britain's best-loved bear! Remove the dust-jacket and turn it inside out to display your very own copy of this exclusive anniversary poster. Unusual and fairly uncommon to find complete with poster dw/dj - even more so having not been utilised as one. 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. UK,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.

O.o.print 2002-2021 [Nos.67-85.]

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - [1990. 70th Anniversary - No. 55.**]

LONDON.EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS p.l.c.,1990.

ISBN 0850792061.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[The dw/dj is reversible with a special,coloured,Rupert portrait by John Harrold.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no name within/to 'This book belongs to' panel of reversible dw/dj poster and no price-clip (£4.25p) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John HARROLD,illustrated dw/dj - design repeated to sharp-cornered,glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,minimal creasing to edges and corners,no nicks or tears present.Both the dw/dj and the boards are virtually indent-free.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glazed boards with wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated boards repeated from dw/dj and different repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John Harrold; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without further blemish; contents particularly bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - no foxing/spotting and no nicks or tears present.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 4-98pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,3 pages of puzzles (spot-the-difference, a who's hat? puzzle and a memory test - all untouched and not attempted),a publisher's colour pictorial illustrated advert for other Rupert strip stories in the Daily Express newspaper,with puzzles' solutions to foot of same,as last page.Cover: Rupert,with a brown face,hands and boots sitting on a park bench along with Willie (Bill Badger's younger brother) whilst a Yeti is leaning on the park bench's arm,to Rupert's right.Other Nutwood friends/characters in the background,continuing on round to rear board.First story: Rupert and the Little Yum,plus 4 others - Rupert and the Sea Queen,Rupert and the Eastern Isle,Rupert and the Little Train,and Rupert and Willie's Present. 1990 is a special year for Rupert. It is exactly seventy years since he first appeared in the Daily Express and to celebrate his birthday John Harrold was commissioned especially to paint a unique portrait of Britain's best-loved bear! Remove the dust-jacket and turn it inside out to display your very own copy of this exclusive anniversary poster. Unusual and uncommon to find complete with poster dw/dj in as excellent a grade as this is. 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.Harrold's 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.

O.o.print 2002-2021 [Nos.67-85.]

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj, 1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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