WATERSHIP DOWN

An early printing of the first illustrated edition. Publisher's beige paper-covered boards and brown cloth spine, in dustwrapper and slipcase. Illustrated by John Lawrence in colour and black and white throughout. With a fold out map at the rear. A very good or better copy, the binding square and tight, the spine slightly faded. The contents, with a few light spots to the closed text-block edge, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. The map is in fine condition. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has two short closed tears with associated creasing at the bottom edge of the front panel, light fading to the spine and small nicks to the flap and spine folds. Not price-clipped (£11.95 net to the front flap). Housed in the original cloth and paper covered illustrated slipcase that is rubbed at the corners.

Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. A modern children's classic about a group of rabbits that must strive to save themselves when their warren is destroyed, evoking the structure and themes of classical heroic quests. The basis for several adaptations, most notably the 1978 animated film of the same name.