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UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,colour illustrated 1st edn thus. [Originally published 1958 by Collins (UK) 8vo HB+ dw/dj.Collins then published a new HB edn in 2002 and a p/b edn in 2003.A colour illustrated edn was published by HarperCollins Children's Books in 2008. This Deluxe edn with coloured illustrations,in 2013. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour pictorial coloured artwork by Mark Burgess from Peggy Fortnum original b/w illustrations,illustrated dw/dj panels with white,red and blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered - tiniest of dents to front,lower corner - original plain red cloth boards with… Read More

London, Collins, 1958. . First edition; 8vo (207 x 144 mm); a little light spotting to fore-edges; publisher's coral cloth, lettered in silver, illustrated dust-jacket, short tear to foot of rear flap, small chip to base of rear panel, which also has some faint spotting that is also just evident on the fore-edge but in all, a near-fine, exceptionally bright and unrestored copy. The debut of a certain bear from Peru with a penchant for marmalade sandwiches, a near-fine copy.'I bought a small toy bear on Christmas Eve 1956. I saw it left on a shelf in a London store and felt sorry for it. I took it home as a present for my wife Brenda and named it Paddington as we were living near Paddington Station at the time. I wrote some stories about the bear, more for fun than with the idea of having them published. After ten days I found that I had a book on my hands. It wasn't written specifically for children, but I think I put into it the kind things I liked reading about when I was young' (The Author).