Rupert: The Daily Express Annual No. 40

Title: Rupert: The Daily Express Annual No. 40
Author: Unknown
Illustrator: Alex Cubie
Year: 1975 (First Edition)
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd.
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: N/A

Description: Contents include:

Five picture-strip stories – with 4 captioned, full-colour frames to a page.

Instructions for making "Rupert's Chinese Boat".

Rupert's Thinking Cap Quiz (unsolved).

Rupert's Island Puzzle (unsolved).

Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers depict The Fringe of Linnet Wood.

Glazed pictorial boards are in excellent condition, bar the heavy bumping to the corners; tail of spine is lightly bumped. Pages are in very good condition – crisp, bright, and free from marking – but a number have wear to their lower-right corners. Ownership panel is untouched, and the annual is unclipped (bears original price of 80p).

Measures 10″ × 7″ (25 cm × 17.5 cm). 4to. 115 pp.

Price: £12.00