Lot: 72
Mary Tourtel Rupert and the Magic Toy Man, [Sampson Low, 1927], second printing with plain endpapers; printed boards with pictorial onlay, original cloth backstrip with printed title; ownership & gift inscriptions in pencil; the pictorial onlay creased, marked and chipped at one corner; rear board stained and marked; corners of boards worn; generally clean internally but pages B1 & B2 with crayon scribble.
Lot: 73
[Alfred Bestall] The Adventures of Rupert, Daily Express [1939], pictorial boards showing slight wear at periphery o/w fine, cloth backstrip complete, without fading; ownership panel neatly completed in ink; very clean internally, hinging a little weak; slight foxing to rear pastedown and the facing page; overall a near fine copy.