Watership Down Illustrated Edition (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Lawrence, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, not price clipped (£8.75). First Edition of the illustrated version, Second Printing in year of first publication - stated 'Reprinted 1976'. Stunningly illustrated in matching Near Fine slipcase. A lovely copy of this children's classic which was also a great hit with adult readers. A heavy book which will cost extra to ship overseas.

Condition: Very Good. Reprint. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and lightly marked dust jacket and illustrated slipcase. Sm. closed tear to spine of jacket. Sm area of abrasion to front cover of dust jacket. 230mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 550pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Cream hardback boards with brown cloth spine.

John Lawrence (illustrator). Early Reprint, Penguin Books/Kestrel 1979. Large Royal 8vo. 550pp. Profuse and wonderful illustrations including coloured frontispiece, illustrated title-page, coloured full page plate illustrations, black and white full page plates, in-text illustrations, coloured chapter head and tail pieces, coloured folding map to rear in original folds and excellent order, all by the wonderful John Lawrence. Excellent condition, appears as new unopened and unread, very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscriptions or marks of any kind, well held in joints and hinges, clean crisp corners and edges. Bound in bright gilt ruled and black lettered brown cloth over beige boards in excellent condition, housed and protected in original unclipped colour pictorial dustwrapper with the tiniest chip to lower edge of lower wrapper, else excellent. Protected in excellent slipcase featuring like-colour illustrated meadow and rabbit scene wrapped to both boards and spine, over brown cloth. Watership Down became an international bestseller and won both the prestigious Carnegie and the Guardian Prize. The book spawned a renowned animated film in 1978, directed by famous author and activist Michael Rosen, remembered for its dark tone and the song 'Bright Eyes'. The volume in hand is a great Edition for reader, scholar and collector alike.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Near fine condition. Hard cover in near fine condition externally and internally. Slight bumping and creasing on external board. Slight marking on the external back board. Dust jacket including clear plastic protective cover in fair condition. Major loss on back jacket and evidence of rubbing and bumping on edges. Includes hard slip case in good condition. Slight rips on some material edges. Green nature scene on spine. Internal pages in fine condition and clean. Very slight marking on some external page edges. Colour and black and white illustrations. Includes frontispiece. Unclipped price page. 550pp. Overall fine condition.

A first edition, first printing published by Kestrel in 1976. A very good book with previous owners gift inscription in ink to front free end paper, beautifully illustrated by John Lawrence. No foxing. In a very good clipped wrapper with browned spine. In a very good slipcase. Becoming scarce.

A first edition, first printing published by Kestrel in 1976. A near fine book without inscriptions, beautifully illustrated by John Lawrence. No foxing, small thin stain to the foot of the front board. In a very good clipped wrapper with a little wear to the corners and spine tips. In a very good slipcase. Becoming scarce.