1985 The New Adventures of Rupert

Description

Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The facsimile edition. Limited edition number 6142. First published in 1936. 

In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper and wrap around band. Also with the original postage box directly from the publisher.

Illustrated throughout with Alfred Bestall's original black and red comic strip and monochrome full page illustrations. 

This work is a facsimile of the first ever Rupert Annual, published originally in 1936, 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 work was first published as an annual in 1936, with this being a replica of that important work.