WATERSHIP DOWN by ADAMS, Richard - 1972

ADAMS, Richard. WATERSHIP DOWN [A Novel]. Illustrated by John Lawrence. (Middlesex, England):: Penguin Books/ Kestrel Books,, 1972. First edition thus (by this publisher); first illustrated edition, with color illustrations by John Lawrence; author's first book. . A fine copy in fine dust jacket in publisher's slipcase box; the pictorial slipcase is very slightly rubbed at extremities, else fine. . Signed and inscribed by Richard Adams: "To M- C- / with best wishes/ Richard Adams/ The Dorchester/ London/ 14th September 1978" (opposite the title page). Large octavo, brown cloth spine, tan paper-covered boards, pp. xii, 550, illustrated by John Lawrence in color and black-and-white and with folding maps.