Watership Down.

Publisher: London, Rex Collings, 1972

Stock code: 37600

Price: £1,250

First Edition, First Impression. This extremely popular animal story was initially turned down by all major publishing houses. When finally issued by Rex Collings in 1972 sales were over 100,000 in the first year and Adams was awarded both the Carnegi Medal and the Guardian Award for children’s fiction.

Octavo. Original brown cloth, illustration to upper board and titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Map and map references at rear of book. Owner’s name to front free endpaper, slight creasing to spine, dust jacket near fine, price clipped.