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London: Chatto & Windus, 1916, Sixth British Edition.
Full leather binding by Bayntun of Bath. Richard Adams? bookplate to the front free end paper opposite the signature and dedication of Martin Rosen (Director and Producer of the 1978 Watership Down film).
Colour and black & white illustrations, some full-page, occasional light spotting, mostly at front and rear, preliminary blank with ink presentation inscription to Richard Adams from Martin Rosen Director and Producer of ?Watership Down? the film of the book (1978).
All edges gilt, modern brown calf gilt, lightly marked, spine with raised bands and contrasting labels, each compartment with central rabbit tool, gilt rolls on edges and turn-ins, 8vo.
Inscription reads: ?Aug 19 1974 To Richard Adams with admiration and affection Martin Rosen?.
Martin Rosen, a good friend of Richard Adams, directed and produced the 1978 ?lm of Watership Down, in addition to writing the screenplay. It is possible that without Rosen?s in?uence, Richard Adams may never have agreed to a screen adaptation of his most famous book. After reading Watership Down for himself, Rosen met the author and convinced him it could be made into a ?lm.
Later, in 1982, Rosen brought another Richard Adams book ?The Plague Dogs? to the big screen and was also involved in the more recent TV series of Watership Down (1999) as executive producer.
Richard Adams discusses the relevance of the Uncle Remus stories, in particular the way that these stories, like those of Elahrairah in Watership Down, are derived from folk-tales.
Adams also connects his careful use of local Hampshire dialects (as used by, for example, Lucy, her father and the farmhands) with the meticulous care in which Joel Chandler Harris renders dialect in the Uncle Remus stories. (Richard Adams, The Thorny Paradise, Writers on Writing for Children, edited by Edward Blishen, Kestrel Books, 1977, page 171).
Pagination: xxxi, [i], 268pp
Provenance: from Richard Adams's library.
Approximately 8 ¼ inches tall.
Condition Report
Externally
Spine ? very good condition ? gilt titles to two labels, rabbit in gilt to other compartments.
Joints ? very good condition ? sound.
Corners ? very good condition.
Boards ? good condition ? some marks and scratches.
Page edges ? very good condition ? all gilt.
Binding ? very good condition ? slightly cocked but a handsome copy.
See above and photos.
Internally
Hinges ? very good condition ? sound, repaired to the front hinge, paper (only) cracking to the rear, leather sound.
Paste downs ? good condition ? marbled, Richard Adams? bookplate.
End papers ? good condition ? inscription from Rosen to Richard Adams.
Title ? good condition ? some mild foxing.
Pages ? good condition ? some foxing, marks and spots but mostly clean and sound.
See photos.
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