Please feel free to ask any questions and be sure to check out my other listings which include many other rupert annuals. The contents have been cut by and only three stories, it is awful. More than 100,000 whitefaced 1973 rupert annuals were published with only about 15 brown faced annuals being printed. The history of rupert traced from the fleet street circulation battles through to the present day. Enter the name of the series to add the book to it. C growler, sailor sam, edward trunk, pong ping, margot, professor, gypsy grannie and tigerlily.
If you are looking for a specific book which we do not have in stock, then please get in touch and well let you know just as soon as it comes in. Rupert adventure series 1948 1963 martins rupert bear. The first annual showing rupert with a white face a mistake. Unfollow rupert the bear books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Rupert annual the comic book price guide for great britain. Alfred edmeades fred bestall, mbe 14 december 1892 15 january 1986 wrote and illustrated rupert bear for the london daily express, from 1935 to 1965. Rupert is a very intelligent and witty white bear, and he has many friends from every corner. A fine copy is appearing in auction at dukes of dorchester this week. Rupert the bear bibliography checklist bookseller world. Original rupert the bear 1967 black and white quality poor but it is the only video that exist on the internet just like my other rupert the bear files you can not get them from anywhere and i. The first story little bear lost ran to a total of 36 installments and in 1921 was published in a book called the adventures of rupert the little lost bear. Rupert bear is a childrens comic strip character created by english artist mary tourtel and first appearing in the daily express newspaper on 8 november 1920.
Rupert bear annuals 1973 for sale in uk view 32 ads. You need to be registered and approved to bid at this auction. Ruperts look is different in this book from the rest of the serieshe seems older and shaggier as compared to the neat and ingenuous little bear we see later. The 1973 book is one of only 12 printed that year showing the muchloved childrens character with a brown face on the cover making it ultra rare and causing a stir among collectors across the world, ahead of the auction at dominic winter auctioneers in south. Rupert bear is a childrens comic strip character created by english artist mary tourtel and first. Rupert bear gift rupert annual gift book art apple book apple comic art handmade from a rupert bear annual rupert. For the best chance of winning, increase your maximum bid. Rupert annual 1974 edition of the the daily express series of rupert the bear annuals alfred bestall. Mary tourtel wrote a total of 85 strips featuring rupert, many of them finding their way into a series of books during the years that followed. Though rupert was the rightful star, his bitter, spiky pal raggety seems to have stolen his own slice of tv fame. Rupert first appeared in a cartoon strip in the english newspaper the daily express and was a collaboration between his creator mary tourtel and her husband on 8th november 1920. And there is a very rare variant 1973 annual featuring rupert with a brown face rather than a white one. Rupert s initial purpose was to win sales from the rival daily mail and daily mirror. Vintage 1966 rupert bear annual, unscribed and price.
Vintage rupert the bear annual 1973 daily express annual vintagegirllondon. See more ideas about bear, childhood and bear pictures. See todays rupert annual for sale, best offer and auction. Browse and buy a vast selection of rupert bear collections. Annuals from 19601968 had magic painting pages which, if. Rupert bear annual printed in 1984 by express newspapers. Childrens comics colour story schooldays story books vintage childrens books comic strips childhood memories childrens books 1950s. Rupert annual 1972 by unknown and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Rupert and rastus go to the big city and are locked in a big store overnight where they meet the house mouse of the title. Collection only hello the rupert book dandy and dennis the menaceannual in fair condition. The adventures of rupert bear childrens tv jedis paradise. Rupert the bear, original song recorded by jackie lee. Slight tear to a couple of pages near spine, and pen mark on the inside of the back cover see photos. The 1973 book is one of only 12 printed that year showing the muchloved childrens character with a brown face on the cover making it ultra. James henderson and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. There are only about 10 brown faced annuals in existence. I am not sure whether todays children read them much but i remember them as magical books and alot of kids read them into their teens. The life and works of alfred bestall by caroline g bott, bestalls goddaughter, is a strange hybrid of memoir, biography and archive material. Cathys collectables vintage, collectable, retro and. Cathys collectables vintage childrens annuals and books.
Even if there can hardly be a person over 50 who did not get given the rupert bear annual, his world is now so remote as to make harry potter seem dangerously daring. In rupert and the flying boat rupert meets the professor inventor and sails aloft nutwood. Mary tourtels anthropomorphic bear, who has appeared since 1920 in the daily express newspaper, and subsequently in his own books, comics and. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Check out our rupert bear selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our childrens books shops. To appease the artist, a handful of annuals from that year were printed with a brown rupert, and today, to discover a 1973 annual with a brownfaced rupert is a collectors dream. Rupert annuals are a popular series published by the daily express. It meant that those rare dozen brownfaced copies are now desired by rupert collectors across the world. Tourtel was forced to stop drawing in 1935 because of poor eyesight. The brown faced annuals are extremely rare and very collectable. This book has been used and i have tried to show rupert and the wonderful boots mary tourtel rupert little bear library no.
Further episodes appeared for a couple of years before being published by thomas nelson. Laminated boards showing rupert sitting on the branch of a tree. Join millions of people using oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified preowned car listings, and new car classifieds. Rupert the bear annual from 1973 this was the last year that alfred bestall illustrated rupert annuals after a dispute over ruperts face being changed from white to brown on the now rarer rupert annuals from the same year. Rupert annual for sale in uk 90 used rupert annuals. Rupert annual 1973 by stated, none and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The annuals mary tourtels first newspaper strip of rupert debuted in the daily express on nov. Mary tourtel born mary caldwell on 28 january 1874 15 march 1948 was a british artist and creator of the comic strip rupert bear. And there is a very rare variant 1973 annual featuring rupert with a brown face. Find 1964 to 1975 ford mustangs for sale on oodle classifieds.
In 1935, the stories were taken over by alfred bestall, who was previously an illustrator for punch and other glossy magazines. It aired from 28 october 1970 to 24 august 1977 on the itv network, with 156 11minute episodes produced over four series. Rupert is an animated television series based on the mary tourtel character rupert bear, which aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 halfhour episodes produced. Find rupert bear annual 1962 daily express hardback annual by bestall, alfred 1962. The adventures of rupert bear is a 70s childrens tv puppet show. The front cover is in great condition and has some age spotting. Rare rupert bear annual up for sale in gloucestershire bbc. The life and works of alfred bestall, illustrator of. This is a more common annual full of lovely illustrations of rupert and his. Rare rupert the bear hb book the daily express annual 1975 1973. The common knowledge section now includes a series field. Two incredibly rare rupert bear books sold yesterday for a record.
The book belongs to has been filled in and it is not price clipped. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Her works have sold 50 million copies internationally. Rupert bear began life on november 8th 1920 as a newspaper strip little lost. The annuals for 1970 an 1971 are traditionally difficult to find. This is the first book in the rupert little bear library series and, while entertaining, tournels art and story telling were clearly still developing.
The adventures of rupert bear my little rupert in the us was a liveaction puppet television series, based on the mary tourtel character rupert bear, produced by atv. Bestall also drew illustrations for the whitcombes story book, a form of childrens. Rupert the bear book in antiquarian and collectable books for sale. See todays rupert annuals for sale, best offer and auction. Rupert bear annuals were published from 1936, but were not dated until 1958. Very disappointed with this years book 2008have been a rupert bear annual collector since 1950. Bbc rare rupert bear annual up for sale in gloucestershire. The comic book price guide for great britain rupert annual. The previous record for a 1973 brownface annual was. We currently have 601 books in this category in stock. Vintage 1973 rupert the bear annual with white face etsy.
The page includes a history of the programme, story of the show, video intro, characters, images, dvds, tshirts and episode guide. Alfred bestall took over the drawing of rupert that same year and the idea of a collected printing in the form of an annual took flight the following year. Ruperts initial purpose was to win sales from the rival daily mail and daily mirror. Vintage rupert at the fair 1973 hardback book hardboard ruper bear. To create a series or add a work to it, go to a work page. The nursery book that bears an investment money the. The 1973 annual was the last cover illustration drawn by alfred bestell.
Rupert bear annual 1962 daily express hardback annual by. Book contains a number of short stories plus some activities. A woman could be seen, reading a rupert tale to an unseen child, as we zoomed in on a toy version of rupert, propped against a cupboard door. It followed ruperts adventures, who had help from his friends bill badger, podgy pig, p.
He was also aware that, artistically, there should have been a shadow on ruperts face. There are plans for a film, books, limited edition prints and dvds that will see rupert joined by new friends in. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Rupert bear bumper activity book bumper activity books by rupert bear and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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