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Paddington Helps Out
by Michael Bond
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£450.00£405.00
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1960 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 6" . Peggy Fortnum. The first edition of Michael Bond's third Paddington Bear novel, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.In this charming tale, when Mr. and Mrs. Brown are taken ill, Paddington decides to take charge. In this work, he goes to the cinema, has a picnic on a boat, goes to the launderette, and visits an auction.With vignette illustrations from Peggy Fortnum throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Significant spotting to dust wrapper, with small losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Closed tear to head of rear wrap, with further closed tears to fold of rear flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
Synopsis
That bear is back again, and in this new edition of Paddington Helps Out, his attraction for near disaster is as magnetic as ever. Who but Paddington would set out to cook dumplings only to find himself chased from the kitchen by something so nasty only his resourceful friend Mr. Gruber can rescue him? And who else could get away with sawing his neighbor's kitchen table in two or flooding the launderette? These and other riotous adventures all find their way into Paddington's scrapbook and make for another delightful book starring this beloved bear from Darkest Peru.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892F13
- Title
- Paddington Helps Out
- Author
- Michael Bond
- Illustrator
- Peggy Fortnum
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- darkest peru paddington A Bear Called Paddington More About Paddington paddington
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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