A Bear Called Paddington
by Bond, Michael
A lonely toy bear on an otherwise empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond. Enamored, the BBC employee brought the stuffed bear home to his wife. They named the bear Paddington after the station near their home in London, and thus inspired, Bond began to write a few cute stories about the bear's adventures starting with A Bear Called Paddington in October 1958. The friendly bear with his old hat, battered suitcase, duffel coat and love of marmalade—has become a classic character from British children's literature and has become popular with American audiences as well. Learn more in our book collecting guide article, "Michael Bond - The Man Behind Paddington Bear."
First Edition Identification and Notes
A Bear Called Paddington was first published in London by Collins in 1958 with a blue and white dust jacket. The first US edition was printed by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, in 1960, with a bright yellow dustwrapper with the title in various colors.
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A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON
by Bond, Michael
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London: Collins, 1958. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket. Inscribed first printing of the first book about the bear who cheerfully notes, "things are always happening to me. I'm that sort of bear." In an interview with THE GUARDIAN, Bond described how his own experience during World War II of observing evacuee children at the… Read more
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A Bear Called Paddington
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London: Collins, 1958. 1st. near fine/very good. First edition, 1958 on title and copyright page. Book near fine, corners very slightly rubbed, small black line on bottom ends. Dust jacket very good, some wear, small piece missing at top of spine, price-clipped. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
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A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON.
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London: Collins, 1958. . First edition in a later dust-jacket, small 8vo., pp.128, pink cloth lettered in silver, b/w illustrations; light surface soil to cloth, small pin-hole to cloth over spine, creasing to head and foot of spine, very slight curling to corners of boards, a good++ copy of the scarce first edition, in later price-clipped dust-jacket, which is… Read more
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London: Collins, 1958. first. First edition, 1958 on title and copyright page. Book very good, fading on spine and along vertical cover sides, prior owner's inscription on front free end paper and also by other on rear free end paper, a few first pages cut off at bottom right corners.
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, First Printing, with 1960 on the title page. The jacket is not priced, as there was some sort of tape or sticker to the top edge of the front flap that was pulled up, removing a strip of surface where the price could be. In Near Fine… Read more
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UK: Collins, 1966. 1st Edition 6th Imp 1966. Very un-common even as a reprint. In the same format as the very rare 1st Edition. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good+ with slight rubbing to edges. Miniscule loss to spine top and closed tear. Light soiling to wrapper edge. More digital images… Read more
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. First Edition. Near Fine. First American edition, first printing with dated title page. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth stamped in red and blue; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light wear at to cloth at spine ends. A lovely copy.
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Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Peggy Fortnum. First U.S. Edition. Yellow pictorial cloth with lettering in red and blue. Some spots of wear near edges, but a mostly bright, unfaded cover. Former owner name on free endpaper crossed out. No dust jacket. First edition with 1960 on title… Read more
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Houghton Mifflin Company. Collectible - Acceptable. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. 1st US edition. 8vo. 128pp. Illus. by Peggy Fortnum. Book Near Very Good. No dust jacket. Spine slanted. Boards rubbed. Inside clean, binding good. (bears, readers) Inquire if you need further information.
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A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON.
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Houghton Mifflin Co.:, 1960. 128 pages, illustrated with b&w line drawings by Peggy Fortum. This is Michael Bond's second book about Paddington Bear. This book is a first edition, though not stated. Yellow cloth covers. FINE- HARDCOVER.. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present.. Illus. by Peggy Fortum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Bear Called Paddington
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HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008. First edition-first printing of this 50th Anniversary edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine/Near fine.HarperCollins,2008.50th Anniversary edition.First edition-first printing of this 50th Anniversary edition (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2).Large format yellow hardback(illustration on the edges of the front and back covers,gilt lettering to the spine,two small nicks on the edges of the… Read more
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A Bear Called Paddington
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Collins, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1963. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Pink cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Boots library rebind with associated stickers and markings to pages and boards. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed binding thread. Light tanning and foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, with scribbles to rear.… Read more
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A Bear Called Paddington
by Bond Michael
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- 1970
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London: Collins St James's Place, 1970. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 205x140x15xmm. FORTNUM, PEGGY. 205x140x15xmm+288g . . Collins St James's Place. London. 1970. . . . Pp128. Red cloth hard boards; silver lettering to spine; in original dust jacket; clipped. Spine has minor fading at top edge; jacket has tears along edges. Drawings by PEGGY FORTNUM. All pages are bright clean… Read more
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A Bear Called Paddington
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A Bear Called Paddington
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A Bear Called Paddington
by Bond, Michael [Peggy Fortnum (illusts.)]
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London: Harper Collins, 2008. 1st ed. thus. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 143pp., colour illusts., Deluxe edition with full-colour illustrations & silk ribbon
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A Bear Called Paddington
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Ursus Nomine Paddington: A Bear Called Paddington (BCP Latin Texts)
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A Bear Called Paddington: 40th Anniversary Edition Bond, Michael and Fry, Stephen
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A Bear Called Paddington
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London: Collins, 1970. 128pp; red cloth boards with black ink marks to front board, spine-ends a little faded; silver title to spine; presentation inscription to fep. and few marks.. Hard Cover. Fair. Illus. by Fortnum, Peggy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Bear Called Paddington
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HarperCollinsChildrenÂ’sBooks, 2018. Hardcover. New. gift edition edition. 144 pages. 7.80x5.04x0.83 inches.
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A Bear Called Paddington (Puffin books)
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Bear Called Paddington (First Modern Classics)
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A Bear Called Paddington
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Bt Bound, 1999-10. Library Binding. Good.
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A Bear Called Paddington
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A Bear Called Paddington
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HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks, 2014. Paperback. New. unabridged edition edition. 7.80x5.12x0.71 inches.
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A Bear Called Paddington
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HarperCollinsChildren�sBooks, 2018-10-04. Hardcover. New. 2.5381 cent in x 26.6497 cent in x 20.0548 cent in.
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A bear called Paddington
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A Bear Called Paddington
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A Bear Called Paddington (Paddington)
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Hardback. New. To celebrate 60 years of Paddington Bear, comes this beautiful new edition of his first ever adventure. Unabridged and featuring beautiful colour drawings from Peggy Fortnum, this stunning slipcased children's gift book will delight Paddington fans new and old. The perfect present to treasure forever.
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A Bear Called Paddington
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A bear called Paddington (Puffin books)
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A Bear Called Paddington
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A Bear Called Paddington
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A Bear Called Paddington (Armada Lions) by Michael Bond (1971-07-05)
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A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON
by Bond, Michael
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- 2002
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A Bear Called Paddington (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Paddington Bear)
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