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Michael Bond – The Paddington Bear First Edition Set – All First Printings 1958-74
£7,500.00
A complete run of all the UK first edition, first printings published by Collins between 1958-74. Consisting: A Bear Called Paddington, ink gift inscription on front free endpapers, cloth spine lightly sunned, dust-jacket price-clipped, 1958; More About Paddington, light foxing to endpapers, jacket spine sunned, small portions of loss to extremities, light spotting to upper panel, 1959; Paddington Helps Out, very light strip of toning and foxing marks to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, some internal repairs, 1960; Paddington Abroad, jacket price-clipped, lightly marked, spine faded, 1961; Paddington at Large, jacket price-clipped, spine a little faded, 1962, first editions, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, original boards, dust-jackets, light nicks and tears to extremities, overall still an excellent set; and 6 others from the series, including Paddington Marches on and Paddington at Work, Paddington Goes To Town, Paddington Takes the Air, Paddington On Top and Paddington Takes The Air 8vo. An excellent first edition run of the early titles featuring the loved marmalade-eating bear.
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A complete run of all the UK first edition, first printings published by Collins between 1958-74. Consisting: A Bear Called Paddington, ink gift inscription on front free endpapers, cloth spine lightly sunned, dust-jacket price-clipped, 1958; More About Paddington, light foxing to endpapers, jacket spine sunned, small portions of loss to extremities, light spotting to upper panel, 1959; Paddington Helps Out, very light strip of toning and foxing marks to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, some internal repairs, 1960; Paddington Abroad, jacket price-clipped, lightly marked, spine faded, 1961; Paddington at Large, jacket price-clipped, spine a little faded, 1962, first editions, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, original boards, dust-jackets, light nicks and tears to extremities, overall still an excellent set; and 6 others from the series, including Paddington Marches on and Paddington at Work, Paddington Goes To Town, Paddington Takes the Air, Paddington On Top and Paddington Takes The Air 8vo. An excellent first edition run of the early titles featuring the loved marmalade-eating bear.
