Lot 201
Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed by the author and dated October 1958, 1958.
Hammer Price: £5,500
Description
Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed by the author and dated October 1958 on endpaper, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, slight bowing to covers, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear with creasing and neat tape repair to head of upper panel, chip to foot of rear panel, some light surface soiling and small patch of browning to lower panel, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.
⁂ The first of Michael Bond's Paddington books signed by the author in the month of publication. A children's classic, rare signed and in the dust-jacket.
Description
Bond (Michael) A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed by the author and dated October 1958 on endpaper, illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, light foxing to endpapers, original cloth, slight bowing to covers, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear with creasing and neat tape repair to head of upper panel, chip to foot of rear panel, some light surface soiling and small patch of browning to lower panel, but a bright and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1958.
⁂ The first of Michael Bond's Paddington books signed by the author in the month of publication. A children's classic, rare signed and in the dust-jacket.
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