PADDINGTON TAKES AIR; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Peggy Fortnum. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial cloth. Small 8vo, red cloth with black lettering on spine and Paddington with too large slouch fedora and white bib popping out from coat; Illustrated throughout by Peggy Fortnum with in-text adorable sketches; archival mylar-protected full color pictorial dust jacket reproducing Paddington in color, 126, [127] pages. Fine / Near Fine. Item #8187
Thomas Michael Bond CBE (1926 – 2017), who wrote under the pen name "Michael Bond," was a British author. He is best known for a series of 27 fictional stories for children featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also been featured in film and on television. His first book was published in 1958 and his last in 2017, a span of 59 years.--Wikipedia
SUPERIOR CONDITION! Tight, bright, clean copy in an unclipped dust jacket, The dj has excellent color but slight edgewear. No previous owner or remainder markings.
Price: $35.00