Children's Book. The New Adventures of Rupert, being the fir...

Estimate

£800 - £1,000

Children's Book. The New Adventures of Rupert, being the first Rupert annual, Daily Express Publications, Printed in Great Britain by Greycaine Limited, Watford, n.d. [1936], ex-libris half-title with erased child's ownership inscription, now only legible in relief, toning and some light soiling from handling, the odd spot, mostly marginal, throughout, all quire gutters split but holding, gutter split at pp. 16-17, 32-33, 48-49, 64-65, inner-margin of pp. 49-50 with a minor crease, all 5 full-page illustrations coloured in by a child, within their black-ruled borders, duo-tone illustrations throughout, original pictorial dustjacket, torn and scuffed in places with light losses, over original publisher's pictorial red cloth, with the slightest of wear, mild twist and the squires somewhat uneven across the fore-edge, yet without movement, complete with original brown card postage box, scuffed addressee label, LMS carriage ticket, some wear, 4to in 8s; [&] The Rupert Story Book, Sampson Low, n.d. [1938], gutter split but holding, original pictorial papered boards, some wear, 4to, (2)