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Buy this book on-line BESTALL**, A[lfred] E[dmeades]: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK. [1940 Facsimile Edition.]LONDON.DAILY EXPRESS PUBLICATIONS/EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS plc,1992. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,facsimile Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,
1st edn thus.[Not issued with a dw/dj or a
slipcase.A Facsimile reproduction of the 1940 issue/edn by Express Newspapers,in 1992.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn.Matt, bright,crisp,clean,vibrant colours and sharp corners,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated paper-covered boards by Bestall,with light+dark blue lettering to front and grey lettering to spine/ backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no scoring/indentations - virtually as new. Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,facsimile Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn thus,8-125pp [paginated] includes 8 Rupert stories in colour strip format (first story: 'Rupert and Uncle Bruno', last story: 'Rupert and King Frost'),plus [unpaginated] title page, colour pictorial illustrated contents list/table,colour illustrated story title separator pages - all artwork by Bestall.
See also,my book ID rja401711 for another
but 1955,Facsimile edn.
A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,and an unusual
item/ephemera in Bestall's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the RUPERT/Bestall canon.
BESTALL,A[lfred] E[dmeades] wrote and illustrated Rupert stories/annuals for over 30 years (writing from 1936 until retiring in 1965,but still continued illustrating until 1973).
Alfred Edmeades Bestall (1892-1986),born Mandalay,Burma,the son of a Methodist minister.Studies art on a scholarship at the Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts,
and afterwards at the Central School of Arts and Crafts,London.After serving in
Flanders during WW1 (1915-19),he worked in
Fleet Street,contributing humorous illustrations to 'Punch',The Tatler','The
Bystander','Passing Show' and various lesser magazines.
In 1936 he took over the Daily Express series of Rupert Bear strips (created by Mary Tourtel and first appeared in the paper on 8th November,1920.) from her and by the time he retired from morning paper work in 1965,he had produced over 270 Rupert adventures.
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