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ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 1997. [No.62.]

UK.EXETER,DEVON,PEDIGREE BOOKS LIMITED,1997.

ISBN 1874507856.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. NFINE.Child-like hand-written red ink,christian name (Sophie) to lower edge of front pastedown, name-panel untouched,and no price-clip £6.99) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy/glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners corners.Miniscule rubbing to corner tips and to head+foot of corner tips of spine/backstrip.Approx 2" vertical crack/tear to top of rear free endpaper's gutter's fold/crease.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents particularly bright, tight and clean,tight - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-109pp [paginated] includes 5 colour strip stories,a colouring page amateurishly colored in felt-tip ink,child-like lettering/writing to facing page,a spot-the-difference puzzle page,a Rupert's Crossword puzzle,another copy drawing/colouring-in page,4 other activity pages - these ALL untouched,and a colour pictorial illustrated puzzles' solutions page as the last page.Cover: Rupert and some other friends/characters with inflatable floats walking on water in a river.Other Nutwood friends/characters extend round to the rear board.First story: Rupert and the Song Snatcher,plus 4 others' Rupert and the Magic Chalk,Rupert and the Whale,Rupert and the Water Boatman and Rupert and Santa's Present. 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 1978.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.Up to now,he has been illustrating the little bear's adventures for longer than Mary Tourtel, and those children who were brought up on his first adventures are now mature adults. Please contact seller,because of the 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 US 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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