The New Rupert Book: Rupert Annual 1938 Facsimile Edition

London: Daily Express Publications`, 1989. Cloth. Fine. 10" by 7.5". Alfred Bestall. A limited edition facsimile of the 1938 Rupert Annual, with the original wrap around band and the original postage packaging from the publisher. Limited edition, number 06142. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper boards and the original wrap around. Also in the original postage packaging from the publisher.Illustrated throughout with Alfred Bestall's charming illustrations in red and black of Rupert Bear and his friends. This work is a facsimile of the 1938 Rupert Annual, with all of Alfred Bestall's charming illustrations of Rupert and his friends. Rupert Bear is a popular children's comic strip character created originally by Mary Tourtel and taken over by Alfred Bestall in 1935. The comic strip first appeared in the Daily Express in 1920, intended to drive sales and beat their rivals such as the Daily Mail. The first Rupert annual was published in 1936. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper boards and the original wrap around band. Also in the original postage packaging from the publisher. Externally lovely. The wrap around is also lovely. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine