Richard Adams (1972) ' Watership Down ', UK First Edition 1/1
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7047776 | Year Printed: 1972 |
| Author: Richard Adams | Fiction Subject: Fantasy |
| Special Attributes: 1st Edition | Binding: Hardback |
Richard Adams (1972) 'Watership Down', UK first edition, first printing, published by Rex Collings.
Condition: a very good copy which has had the ffep excised. No previous owners' scribbles. Map is present. Slight shelf wear as shown and a whiff of foxing to top page block. The dust jacket is the correct first issue specimen in good condition. Not price clipped, but with a chip on the rear panel, and tears along the folds. At the rverse side there is an archival tape strip as shown....A copy with a few issues, but at a very good price considering that fine copies change hands for four-figure sums.
'Watership Down' is a modern classic for children and adults alike, selling well over 50 million copies worldwide in English and its many translations. The book was well-received and won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The story has been adapted multiple times as a film, as a TV-series, for radio, and for theatre.First and Fine
Condition: a very good copy which has had the ffep excised. No previous owners' scribbles. Map is present. Slight shelf wear as shown and a whiff of foxing to top page block. The dust jacket is the correct first issue specimen in good condition. Not price clipped, but with a chip on the rear panel, and tears along the folds. At the rverse side there is an archival tape strip as shown....A copy with a few issues, but at a very good price considering that fine copies change hands for four-figure sums.
'Watership Down' is a modern classic for children and adults alike, selling well over 50 million copies worldwide in English and its many translations. The book was well-received and won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The story has been adapted multiple times as a film, as a TV-series, for radio, and for theatre.First and Fine
