Lot 470: BESTALL ALFRED: (1892-1986) British Author and

BESTALL ALFRED: (1892-1986) British Author and Illustrator of Rupert Bear for the Daily Express 1935-65. A.L.S., A. E. Bestall, on one side of a colour picture postcard depicting ponies in a snow covered field, Surbiton, 25th November 1979, to Mrs. L. Clark. Bestall thanks his correspondent for writing and remarks 'The sad news was not a surprise. The treatment at hospital was drastic. Walter was a very virile specimen. He would have hated loss of mobility'. Scarce. VG