SIGNED By Richard Adams. Watership Down. 1st Edition 1972. Macmillan. HC, DJ

Description: Watership DownAdams, RichardISBN 10: 0027000303 / ISBN 13: 9780027000306Published by Macmillan Publishing Co, New York, 1972 Signed by Richard Adams, a best-seller, Carnegie Medal winner, and inspiration for multiple film, tv, stage, and musical adaptations. Second printing of the first American edition. Hardcover in good condition, clean text throughout, no interior marks, chip to lower right edge of front board, staining to spine, staining to top text block, some separation of text block from spine causing book to lean. Tan cloth binding and tan paper over boards, spine and cover are stamped in gold gilt. 439 pages, 9.32 x 6.26 x 1.42 inches. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipping to top edge of back cover, slighter chipping to overall edges. All damages can be viewed in images. Additional images provided upon request. Previously owned by ABAA/ILAB book dealer. Shipped bubble-wrapped in a sturdy box to protect value. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. Watership Down was inspired by tales the author told his two daughters. The book follows a group of rabbits as they flee their home after one of them experiences a terrifying vision of death and destruction. Led by the heroic rabbit, Hazel, the group endures adventure and hardship in their search for a new home. The story is an ode to England's rural landscape, an epic journey, and an incredible example of world-building reflective of our own. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

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