Paddington Takes The Air.
First Edition of Paddington Takes the Air; Inscribed by Michael Bond
Paddington Takes The Air.
BOND, Michael; Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
$550.00
Item Number: 140023
London: Collins, 1970.
First edition of the ninth title in Bond’s classic Paddington series. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For James with best wishes Michael Bond.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum.
"Paddington is as irresistile as Peggy Fortnum's drawings of him that illustrate the book" (Christian Science Monitor).