Mary Tourtel; Alfred Bestall — Rupert Story Book

Paulton (Somerset) and London, Purnell and Sons, Ltd. c1960. Hardback. A charming collection of stories following the beloved children's character Rupert Bear. Brightly illustrated in colour throughout with four plates. Collated complete. 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. With stories including: Rupert's Mysterious Flight, Rupert and the Old Miser, and Rupert and Algernon. 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, smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Minor loss to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd colour pencil or ink mark. Some illustrations have been coloured in. Small ink marks to the endpapers and title page. Minor age toning to the odd page. Good . Ill.: Alfred Bestall. Good .