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The Special Book Room on our website houses our most collectable, rare or fragile items. Prices of Special Book Room items generally start at £90.00.

If you wish to view our special books in person, please contact us and we will let you know whether the items are located at Stella Books (Tintern) or Rose's Books (Hay-on-Wye).

Special Book Room at Stella Books, Tintern

A selection of our special Rupert books...

RUPERT ANNUAL 1945 - A NEW RUPERT BOOK
Bestall, Alfred. Illustrated by Bestall, Alfred. Stock no. 439730
Daily Express. 1945. Very good condition. Cover: Rupert flying in air on a bicycle with wings. Castle overlooking sea in background. Some splitting away of spine from binding to front joint. Spine has been repaired - reglued, split to top of spine. Wear and bumping to spine - but looks very good for age. Foxing to covers and outer page edges and a few page margins. A little creasing to corners of book. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Not price-cut. Name in ink in belongs to box. The odd margin mark, else contents are beautiful - lovely and bright!
Price: £190.00
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RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Bestall, Alfred. Illustrated by Bestall, Alfred. Stock no. 808253
Daily Express. 1942. Almost very good condition. Pictorial card wraps - Rupert waving from castle ramparts. Produced during the second world war when paper shortages were at their worst, this is the rarest of all the Rupert annuals. Spine has possibly been reglued at some time - so now nice and tight! Battleships transfer on price page. Name erased from belongs to box. Not price-cut. Contents are bright and clean, except for ink stain at top of textblock with affects pages 35 onwards, spreading into the heading for pages 55 to 94, but NOT into the pictures. Front cover is bright and clean. Split for 2" to base of spine. Creasing to some cover corners. Foxing to outer page edges and some pages internally.
Price: £450.00
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RUPERT ANNUAL 1962
Bestall, Alfred. Illustrated by Bestall, Alfred. Stock no. 808260
Daily Express. 1962. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Glazed boards - Rupert throwing a snowball on front cover. Magic painting pages. 115pp. Light wear to laminate on spine. Browning to endpapers. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Price-cut. Illustrations internally are beautifully bright. One magic painting has a tiny bit coloured, else untouched.
Price: £125.00
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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Bestall, Alfred. Illustrated by Bestall, Alfred. Stock no. 813634
Daily Express. 1946. Very good condition. Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5x7". This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Covers foxed. Corners lightly worn with a couple of small corner creases. Not price-cut. Belongs to box completed in ink. Contents are generally clean and bright.
Price: £150.00
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RUPERT ANNUAL 1947 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Bestall, Alfred. Illustrated by Bestall, Alfred. Stock no. 813635
Daily Express. 1947. Very good condition. The 1947 annual. Pictorial card wraps - Rupert running after a tiny dragon. 1st story Rupert and the Top Hat. 128pp. Corners creased. Base of spine has slight surface paper lifting. Edges worn. Not price-cut. Belongs to box completed in ink. Contents are generally clean and bright.
Price: £100.00
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