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TOURTEL**, MARY to TROTTER**, STUART - 4 Artists: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 2010. [90th Anniversary Edition. No. 75.]

LONDON.EGMONT UK LIMITED/DAILY EXPRESS,2010.

ISBN 9781405252393.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. [Compilation annual with Mary Tourtel,Alfred Bestall,John Harrold and Stuart Trotter illustration+story each.] NMINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£7.99) to colour illustrated title page.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy/glazed boards with a circular colour illustrated adhesive '90 celebration - 1920-2010' sticker to front board,wrap-around colour artwork by Stuart Trotter,illustrated boards and story illustration for story of 'Rupert and the Snowbird',with colour illustrated endpapers and contents page adapted from the Rupert Annual,1958,illustrated by Alfred Bestall; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Some minor and light,superficial drawing(?) impressions to front board - visible only under an angled light.This fault is preventing its description of MINT.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,interactive activities ALL untouched,appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued, 1st edn,6-68pp [paginated] includes an introduction (2pp),4 illustrated stories (1 in b/w and 3 colour illustrated),7 assorted interactive activities and answers/solutions penultimate page,last page with publisher's advert for or Rupert facsimile Annual (1966) and The Rupert Companion - his writers+artists as the last page.The activities include: a maze puzzle(from Rupert Annual,1944,double-page Origami Frog instructions/illus,Rupert costumes/ clothes puzzle from Rupert Annual,1978, double-page Origami instructions/illus to make Rupert's Boat from Rupert Annual,1949,Rupert picture puzzle from Rupert Annual,1989,a single page Origami instructions/illus to make Rupert's Christmas Tree from 1969 Annual,and a Rupert's Memory Test puzzle related to the four stories within.All of these activities/fun pages are untouched,NONE attempted.First story: Rupert at School - Mary Tourtel in b/w,originally published in the Daily Express,1933; Rupert's Queer Path - Alfred Bestall,originally published in the Daily Express in 1949; Rupert's Birthday Adventure - John Harrold,originally published in the Daily Express,2000 and Rupert and the Snowbird - a brand-new illustrated short story especially for this 75th Annual.Cover wrap-around artwork by Stuart Trotter; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated (Bestall) contents list/table to reverse of front free endpaper,colour illustrated title page and publisher's colour illustrated forthcoming publications advert. Published August 2010,it SOLD OUT before Christmas 2010,and is now out-of-print.An exceptional,virtually untouched and scarce example. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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 US 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, no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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