Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1939
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good++. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 264pp + 3pp b/w plates. G++/Fair. 1st edition. From the personal collection of the late Richard Adams (1920-2016) ¿ worldwide best-selling author of Watership Down. Signed by Adams on ffep (dated Dec 1939). Grey cloth covered boards with red and black lettering on spine. Toning (damp?) to spine and spine area and lower edge of cloth. Faint spotting to ffep and rfep. Dusty top page edges. Clean inside pages. Tightly bound. Unclipped light blue dust jacket (price 6s) with black lettering on face and spine. Sun darkened spine with chips and small tears to top and tail of spine. Dusty rear panel with small tear at edge of rear panel. All now protected in archival wraps.