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BOND, Michael.
A Bear Called Paddington.
First edition, first impression. The first Paddington book. Bond based Paddington Bear on a lone teddy bear he noticed on a shelf in a London store near Paddington Station on Christmas Eve 1956, which he bought as a present for his wife. The bear inspired Bond to write a story, and in ten days, he had written the first book.
Octavo. Original cerise cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Spine bumped and a little darkened, dust jacket lightly chipped to corners, a slightly larger chip to head of front panel, a little foxing to fore edge.
