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Rupert Annuals

Here are images of all the Annual covers - in separate files, as they take a while to download all at once.

You will notice that Rupert appears with a brown face on all but one of them - so brown-faced Rupert Annuals are not especially valuable unless they are the 1973 (for more on this issue, please see our "Frequently-Asked Questions" page).

If I had a fiver for every email that began "I have this brown-faced Rupert Annual and I'm sure it's really valuable ..." I'd be richer than Bill Gates.

What is true of all Rupert Annuals is that they are miniature masterpieces of childrens' literature - full of magic, mystery, fun, memorable characters and truly beautiful illustrations. Rupert afficionados almost all have favourite Annuals.  These are generally pre-1960, Bestall artwork. All Rupert Annuals, however, are beautiful books, with a consistency of look, quality and style that is astonishing.

The beautiful (first)1936 Rupert Annual	The "normal" 1973 Annual - if you have a real brown-faced one, you may have something very valuable.

Rupert Annual covers, 1936-present, as (small) jpeg files.

Those marked with an asterisk (*) have been reproduced over the years as facsimiles. The most recent are still available in (new) booksellers and the older ones from Rupert dealers and second-hand bookshops. They are all beautiful and important books.

						1936*	1937*	1938*	1939*
1940*	1941*	1942*	1943*	1944*	1945*	1946	1947	1948*	1949*
1950*	1951*	1952*	1953*	1954	1955*	1956	1957*	1958*	1959*
1960	1961	1962	1963*	1964	1965*	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009