{"product_id":"watership-down-richard-adams-first-illustrated-edition-1976-6","title":"Watership Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADAMS, Richard. Watership Down. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarmondsworth: Penguin Books \/ Kestrel Books, 1976. First illustrated edition, first impression. Sized 24 x 16cm, pp.550, plus folding map. With full colour plates by John Lawrence, and numerous marginal sketches in black and white. Publisher's brown quarter cloth, with black titles and gilt ruling to spine, cream paper over boards, and orange endpapers. With the illustrated jacket priced at £8.75, and the matching publisher's slipcase. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very good copy, the binding with a light lean but firm, mild crushing to the foot of the spine, the slightest wear to the corners, a small ding to the bottom of the front cover, and a few small marks to the bottom edge. A previous owner's contemporary inscription sits on the front free endpaper, along with a small dot-sized mark on the title page; else a very clean, uninscribed copy, with bright pages. In a dust jacket that is ever-so-slightly worn at the extremities. Housed in a slipcase, a little shelf-worn and bumped, but structurally sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first printing of the first illustrated edition of Adams' famous tale about a group of rabbits escaping the destruction of their home to seek safety and freedom, facing trials that test their courage and unity. First published in 1972, 'Watership Down' began as a story told by the author to his daughters and grew into a modern classic. It won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54413879116115,"sku":null,"price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/Watership-Down-RICHARD-ADAMS-John-Lawrence-FIRST-Illustrated-EDITION-1976_2_eb514ac3-65a8-4000-934b-e4e53b7f30f8.webp?v=1785106502","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/watership-down-richard-adams-first-illustrated-edition-1976-6","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}