![]() ![]() ![]() Octavo, original brown cloth, folding map. Signed by Author(s).įirst edition of the author's first and most beloved work. The publisher's printed price of £3.50.net is present to the front flap. There is a small strip of archival tape to the verso of the dust wrapper where the corner of the bottom flap fold is present. ![]() The dust wrapper is in very good condition with two closed tears to the base of the spine with a smaller closed tear to the spine tip.There is a small area of faint red staining to the corner of the rear panel with a small patch of soiling to the spine tip.Lightly faded to the spine. Signed and inscribed by the author one year after publication, the inscription reads - TO RUFUS AND PANDORA / VAUGHAN / WITH BEST WISHES FROM / RICHARD ADAMS / AUGUST 1973. The book is free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Internally, the pages are clean but there is some foxing to the page block, also with a couple of faint spots to the first two or three pages. The boards are clean, but there is a little spotting to the corner of the spine and front panel. HARDBACK - A very good book, bound in the publisher's brown cloth boards with bright gilt lettering present to the spine. ![]()
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