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Mary Tourtel The Adventures of Rupert The Little Lost Bear 1921 ~ The First Rupert the Bear Book
Collecting Collectables has for sale the first ever Rupert Book, Mary Tourtel The Adventures of Rupert The Little Lost Bear, first edition from 1921, which was published by Thomas Nelson and are the original Rupert stories taken from the Daily Express Newspaper where they originally appeared in 1920.
The boards are cream in colour and the front board is profusely illustrated with the early illustration of Rupert holding a hoop in his left paw and a stick in his right walking in the snow in his trademark checked trousers; and with other smaller illustrations including Rupert rubbing his eyes
The boards are in Very Good condition with the colours being bright and vivid but with slight dust staining to the boards; edge wear; knocks to the corners and to the top and bottom of the spine; and an almost invisible neat repair to the paper spine at the top
There are 87 numbered pages (88 in total), each of the text pages from the Rupert
stories has a colour illustration underneath. The pages are in overall Very Good
condition with medium browning to the endpapers; an inscription in pencil to the
front free endpaper; and very slight and occasional marks to the pages, which are
tightly bound-
This is one of the best Rupert books you are likely to see, mainly because it is the first time that Mary Tourtel’s Rupert the Bear appeared in book form, it is so remarkably rare, and the condition is so incredibly desirable. If you are one of the many collectors of Rupert books and memorabilia, or just love to collect rare children’s illustrated books, then this has got to be the book for you.
Some Images from The Adventures of Rupert the Little Lost Bear First Edition Book 1921
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