1945 A New Rupert Book

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout. A collection of stories about Rupert, a bear who lives with his parents in a house in Nutwood, a fictional idyllic English village, where he finds himself in lots of adventures with his other anthropomorphic friends. Stories include: Rupert and the Reindeer, Rupert and Jock, and Rupert's Winter Journey. Created by Mary Tourtel, a British artist best known as the creator of the comic strip Rupert Bear. Written and illustrated by Alfred Bestall, a British author who wrote and illustrated Rupert Bear for the London Daily Express, from 1935 to 1965.