Paddington Takes the Test. Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. London: Collins, 1979. First Edition. Pp, 125. Orange cloth boards, title lettered in silver to spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. A nice bright copy.

Only a bear like Paddington could find himself taking a driving test by mistake, falling asleep on an historic exhibit in a stately home or locking the Browns’ grumpy neighbour, Mr. Curry in a sauna.

The eleventh Paddington book, featuring seven stories.