A Bear Called Paddington. With drawings by Peggy Fortnum.
by BOND, Michael
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Collins, 1958. . First edition; 8vo (207 x 144 mm); a little light spotting to fore-edges; publisher's coral cloth, lettered in silver, illustrated dust-jacket, short tear to foot of rear flap, small chip to base of rear panel, which also has some faint spotting that is also just evident on the fore-edge but in all, a near-fine, exceptionally bright and unrestored copy.
The debut of a certain bear from Peru with a penchant for marmalade sandwiches, a near-fine copy.
'I bought a small toy bear on Christmas Eve 1956. I saw it left on a shelf in a London store and felt sorry for it. I took it home as a present for my wife Brenda and named it Paddington as we were living near Paddington Station at the time. I wrote some stories about the bear, more for fun than with the idea of having them published. After ten days I found that I had a book on my hands. It wasn't written specifically for children, but I think I put into it the kind things I liked reading about when I was young' (The Author).
The debut of a certain bear from Peru with a penchant for marmalade sandwiches, a near-fine copy.
'I bought a small toy bear on Christmas Eve 1956. I saw it left on a shelf in a London store and felt sorry for it. I took it home as a present for my wife Brenda and named it Paddington as we were living near Paddington Station at the time. I wrote some stories about the bear, more for fun than with the idea of having them published. After ten days I found that I had a book on my hands. It wasn't written specifically for children, but I think I put into it the kind things I liked reading about when I was young' (The Author).
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109473
- Title
- A Bear Called Paddington. With drawings by Peggy Fortnum.
- Author
- BOND, Michael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Collins, 1958.
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