BOND, Michael (author). Peggy FORTNUM (illustrator). Paddington Takes The Air. London Collins. 1985 Signed

8vo. Original glazed pictorial boards in pictorial dustwrapper; illustrated throughout in line by Peggy Fortnum; a very fresh copy both inside and out in a smart, unclipped dustwrapper (£4.95) with slight horizontal creasing to upper edge.

Reprint. First published in 1970. This is the ninth title in the Paddington Bear series and this copy is inscribed to the front free endpaper, in ink, by the author: “For Christopher & Nicholas with all good wishes, Michael Bond”.