Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall — The New Rupert Book

London, Daily Express Publications, 1951. First edition. Hardback. A smart first edition of the new Rupert Bear book for the year 1951, with illustrations throughout. 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 Doctor Lion, Rupert and Mr. Punch, and Rupert's Elfin Bell. 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. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, sound with light rubbing and chipping to the extremities. Loss to the head and tail of the spine. Light sunning to the spine with marks to the boards. Rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: Alfred Bestall. Good .