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ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 1998. [No.63.]**

UK.EXETER,DEVON,PEDIGREE BOOKS LIMITED,1998.

ISBN 1874507198.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£6.99) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean,crisp,sharp-cornered,glossy/ glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial illustrated card boards and repeated colour pictorial illustrated endpapers by John HARROLD; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creases to edges and corners - nicks,tears or splits present. Boards nearly indent-free,just a few minor superficial marks.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-109pp [paginated] includes 6 colour strip stories,a butterfly cakes recipe,an untouched,an untouched spot-the-difference puzzle,an attempted and completed odd-one- out puzzle,an attempted and part-completed Rupert's X-word puzzle page with additional crossing out of some of the clues,an untouched colouring-in page,an untouched Which Story? memory puzzle,and a colour pictorial illustrated puzzles' solutions page,with some words crossed out of the crossword clues answer. Cover: Rupert feeding butterfly cakes to several characters.Other Nutwood characters/friends extending round to the rear board.First story: Rupert and the Missing Cakes' plus 5 others; Rupert and the Goose Chase,Rupert and the Raft, Rupert and the Sundial,Rupert and the Pumpkin Pie and Rupert and Uncle Polar. 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 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 US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

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UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 1998. [No. 63.]**

UK.EXETER,DEVON,PEDIGREE BOOKS LIMITED,1998.

ISBN 1874507198.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn. [Would have been graded Near MINT,but for the minor indents to boards.]FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£6.99) to colour pictorial illustrated title page.Bright,clean,crisp,sharp-cornered,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 - no nicks,splits or tears present.Minor,sporadic indents to either board.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents exceptionally bright, tight and clean,near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread,apart from my own collation.UK, slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-109pp [paginated] includes 6 colour strip stories, activitie include a fairy cake recipe,a spot-the -difference puzzle,a X-word and a Which Story puzzle - ALL these untouched and not attempted, and a colour pictorial illustrated puzzles' solutions page as the last page.Cover: Rupert with a tray of fairy/cupcakes offering one to a fairy - a unicorn in the background.First story: Rupert and the Missing Cakes,Rupert and the Goose Chase,Rupert and the Raft,Rupert and the Sundial,Rupert and the Pumpkin Pie and Rupert and Uncle Polar. A really exceptional copy internally,and overall too, despite the minor indents. 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 lighter weight and the value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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. ** N. B. USCanada 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving in a week or so and other times before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

ROBINSON**, IAN - Edited by: : THE DAILY EXPRESS RUPERT ANNUAL - 1998. [No. 63.]**

UK.EXETER,DEVON.PEDIGREE BOOKS LIMITED,1998.

ISBN 1874507198.

UK,slim Folio HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn. MINT.No gift presentation inscrptn,no owner inscrptn and no price-clip to title page (£6.99. Bright,crisp,clean and immaculate,sharp-cornered,glazed,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by John Harrold,illustrated boards with black+orange outlined red letters and black letters to front and spine and without indents, immaculate colour pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits to edges or corners present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - none of the 5 activity pages attempted - all untouched (Spot-the-Difference,Odd One Out,X-word,Which story memory puzzles,a colouring page,along with Butterfly cake recipe) and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK,slim Folio HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn,6-109pp [paginated] includes 6 stories: R and the Missing Cakes,R and the Goose Chase,R and the Raft,R and the Sundial,Rupert and the Pumpkin Pie and Rupert and Uncle Polar; plus [unpaginated] colour pictorial illustrated contents list/table and to the rear,publisher's colour pictorial advert for Rupert comic strip in the Daily Express newspaper with answers for the puzzles to its foot.Cover: Rupert holding a plate of fairy cakes and offering them to a fairy,with a unicorn in the background; to rear board - a baker with two trays of assorted cakes for several of Ruperts Nutwood friends. A really,really exceptional example in a rearly seen as high a grade and condition. 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. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL 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. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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