{"product_id":"watership-down-richard-adams-first-illustrated-edition-reprint-john-lawrence-1978","title":"Watership Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADAMS, Richard. Watership Down. \u003c\/strong\u003eHarmondsworth: Penguin Books \/ Kestrel Books, 1978. First illustrated edition, third 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 unclipped (£9.50) illustrated jacket, and the matching publisher's slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good-only copy, the binding showing the slightest lean but remaining firm, with crushed spine tips, lightly worn corners, and a few small marginal dings, particularly to the upper portions of the joints. The closed text block is heavily foxed, with some marking to the top edge; internally, however, the pages are clean and uninscribed, with only occasional spots of foxing. In the dust jacket, which has a number of closed tears to the extremities, light wear at the joints, and a few minor marks; now protected in an archival wrapper. Housed in a good slipcase, a little bumped and worn (and perhaps somewhat tight), but structurally sound. Still an attractive example overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdams' 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":53615933620563,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/Watership-Down-RICHARD-ADAMS-John-Lawrence-FIRST-Illustr-EDITION-Reprint-1978_1.webp?v=1777623890","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/watership-down-richard-adams-first-illustrated-edition-reprint-john-lawrence-1978","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}