ADAMS, RICHARD - Watership Down (1st Edition)

New York, NY: MacMillan, 1972. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is a First American Edition, with a First State dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The spine of the book has a light slant, but no bowing. The copyright page includes a complete number line (starting at 1) . The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean condition. There is some darkening / toning to the spine and flap edges. There are a couple of smallish edge tears to the top rear panel of the dust jacket, and a previous owner has added three small pieces of tape to the reverse of the dust jacket. The dust jacket has the illustration of a compass with a rabbit on both the front and rear covers, a 6.95 price on the front flap, only UK blurbs on the rear cover, and code 70003 on the bottom edge of the rear panel. The 70003 is repeated in embossed gilt on the rear cover of the book. "The story began as tales that Richard Adams told his young daughters Juliet and Rosamund during long car journeys. He recounted in 2007 that he "began telling the story of the rabbits ... Improvised off the top of [his] head, as [they] were driving along". The daughters insisted he write it down—"they were very, very persistent". After some delay he began writing in the evenings and completed it 18 months later. The book is dedicated to the two girls. Adams's descriptions of wild rabbit behaviour were based on The Private Life of the Rabbit (1964) , by British naturalist Ronald Lockley The two later became friends, embarking on an Antarctic tour that became the subject of a co-authored book, Voyage Through the Antarctic (A. Lane, 1982). " (from Wikipedia). Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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