A Bear Called Paddington Vintage Paddington Bear Book First English Edition scarce with Dust Jacket Peggy Fortnum Illustrator 4th print

First Edition Paddington Book, Michael Bond's 'A Bear Called Paddington'

Very Rare Paddington Bear First Edition Hardback with Dust Jacket published by Collins. This is the very important first publication of the Paddington Bear Books with a print date for 1964. This is a scarce 4th printing/impression that was published and is an early example of the book very scarce in such good condition in the very rare original Dust Jacket. The first time a book is published is the First Edition, if demand is great publishers then make further print runs of the book without making any changes to the format. This book is the 4th print run of the book with the wonderful blue dust jacket and artwork by Peggy Fortnum. It seems as if there are very few of the early print runs of this very first edition Paddington bear book around.

This Collectable Vintage Paddington Bear Hardback Book has the Delightful original line drawn illustrations of Paddington by Peggy Fortnum. The adorable Bear from Darkest Peru Paddington arrives at Paddington Station, he had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with just a jar of his favourite marmalade to keep him company! Paddington has gone down in history as one of the most famous and endearing of all bears and is up there with Winnie the Pooh in terms of Classic Children's Stories! Michael Bond's humorous books about Paddington are timeless and appeal to children of all ages and of course are highly collectable. These are lovely scarce vintage Books and well looked after certain to prove a good investment in years to come most importantly in the enjoyment they will give!