Full Set Of The Paddington Bear Books: A Bear Called Paddington, More About Paddington, Paddington Helps Out, Paddington Abroad, Paddington At Large, Paddington Marches On, Paddington At Work, Paddington Goes To Town, Paddington Takes The Air, Paddington On Top, Paddington Takes The Test Bond, Michael

Published by Collins, London, UK. Date: 1968, 1968, 1964, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1979. All reprint editions apart from books 8, 10 and 11 which are first editions. Size: 14.5cm x 20.7cm. pp. 128, 128, 128, 126, 128, 128, 128, 126, 127, 125, 126. Original cloth, dustwrappers. Book 1: A very good plus, tight, clean copy in very good plus, slightly nicked and rubbed, unfaded, price-clipped dustwrapper which has a very short, closed tear to the top of the rear panel. Book 2: A very good plus, tight, clean copy in very good plus, slightly nicked and rubbed, very slightly faded dustwrapper which has a very short, closed tear to the top of the rear panel and a longer closed tear to the front panel. Book 3: Neat ink name else a very good plus, tight, clean copy in very good, slightly nicked and rubbed, price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly foxed and has a couple of short, closed tears. Book 4: Neat pencil name else a very good plus, tight, clean copy in very good, slightly marked, nicked, chipped and rubbed, price-clipped and spine-faded dustwrapper which is slightly foxed, has a couple of closed tears and has been repriced by the publisher. Book 5: A very good plus, tight, clean copy which is slightly faded to the edges of the boards and bumped in very good, faded, slightly spotted and rubbed dustwrapper which has a very minor neat repair to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Book 6: Near fine in very good indeed, slightly rubbed but bright and clean dustwrapper which has a couple of short, closed tears and minor loss to the edges. Book 7: Slight spotting to the endpapers else a very good plus, tight, clean copy in a very good indeed, slightly spotted dustwrapper which is a little foxed, with a small amount of rubbing and wear to the edges. Book 8: First edition. Inscription to front free endpaper else a very good plus, tight, clean copy in very good, nicked, chipped and rubbed dustwrapper. Book 9: Near fine in near fine, bright, clean, unfaded, price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly creased and rubbed to the spine. Book 10: First edition. Slight toning to the pages due to the paper stock else a near fine, tight, clean copy in very good plus, price-clipped dustwrapper which is slightly rubbed and has a couple of short, closed tears. Book 11: First edition. Near fine in near fine, slightly creased and rubbed dustwrapper. Overall, a very good plus, bright, clean set. Complete early sets are now scarce, especially in this condition.