Watership Down

Adams, Richard

ISBN 10: 0027000303 / ISBN 13: 9780027000306

Published by Macmillan Publishing Co, 1972

About this Item

This edition with full number line has boards quarter bound in tan cloth and tan paper. Authors name in gold gilt on lower front board. Edges are straight with rubbed and chipped top corners. Spine is uncreased with clear titling. Bottom edge is softly wrinkled. Text block is bowed with toned fore edge and foxed top edge. Binding is secure. 429p. Wine Red end pages are clean. Rear end pages are stuck together at the top half. Interior is unmarked with crisp white pages through out. Dust Jacket is clipped with bright red titling. Black cover illustration is clear. Surface markings across front and back covers. Edges are creased and toned. Spine titling is softly faded. Overall remains a great collectible and legible copy.

Seller Inventory # 110630

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Watership Down
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Co
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0027000303
• ISBN 13: 9780027000306
• Binding: Hardcover 8vo
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Good.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good.
• Seller catalogs:
  • FICTION

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Synopsis

Watership Down:

Review

Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams' bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels, Watership Down is a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogues between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.

The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates, Watership Down will continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come. --Paul Hughes