Buy this book on-line BOND**, MICHAEL and BRADLEY, ALFRED: : Paddington On Stage: Plays for ChildrenLONDON.COLLINS/LIONS,1974. ISBN 0006709400.
UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus.[First published by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd.,(London,1974) and first published in Lions (this p/b),1974.It also precedes the US issue/edn by several years (1978).This simultaneous,UK paperback 1st edn thus denotes its first appearance in print of the book/title in this format.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn.] FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,glossy,colour pictorial illustrated front cover with white lettering and black lettering to spine and rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo wraps, p/back 1st edn thus,9-112pp [paginated] includes costume notes,7 playlets/scripts and songs (2),plus [unpaginated] half- title page,b/w line illustration vignetted title page,contents list/table,author's introduction with his facsimile signature at foot and to its verso b/w line illustration of Paddington by Peggy Fortnum,b/w line illustrated playlet and songs separator pages - all by Peggy Fotnum too.
Paddington has been a star ever since his first appearance on a platform at Paddington Station.His many fans have demanded encore after encore and there are now many stories about our famous bear. Now for the first time come some of Paddington's more notorious adventures in play form,so that children themselves can help Paddington to catch a thief,to perform magic tricks and accompany him to the dentist.
'Paddington on Stage' is a selection of seven short plays based on the professional production of 'The Adventures of Paddington Bear' which in turn is based on the original stories by Michael Bond, staged at Nottingham Playhouse in 1973, simplified and with many helpful theatrical hints,so that everyone can join in the excitement of putting on a play in the garden,the garage or the classroom.
It was published also,in a full 'Acting Edition' by Samuel French Ltd.
A highly collected and prolific children's book illustrator,this is a very scarce an unusual item/ephemera in BOND's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon.
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