WATERSHIP DOWN by ADAMS, Richard:

London: Rex Collings. 1972. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original light brown cloth with gilt illustration to the upper board and titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Folding map to the rear. An excellent near fine copy, the cloth very clean and the binding square with minor rubbing and light bumping at the spine tips. The contents are entirely complete, without loose or torn pages and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. With the folding map to the rear as called for and in fine condition. Complete with the rubbed and nicked creased dustwrapper which has small chips at short tears to the fold corners and a little toning of the spine. Not price-clipped (£3.50 net to the front flap). The author's debut novel, rejected by several publishers before Collings accepted it for publication. The book won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in it's first year and is now firmly established as a classic of modern English literature. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.