Richard Adams | Watership Down, 1972, first edition, dust-jacket, inscribed by Adams

Richard Adams

Watership Down. London: Rex Collings, 1972

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY RICHARD ADAMS ON TITLE-PAGE ("to Clive Hirschhorn, | with best wishes from | Richard Adams | Whitchurch | Hampshire"), 8vo, coloured folding map at end, original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine, DUST-JACKET, bespoke red morocco and marbled clamshell box, slight spotting at extremities, extremities of dust-jacket with neat minor tissue repairs

PRESENTATION COPY of this classic of English literature. Clive Hirschhorn, the South African born theatre critic and interviewer, amassed one of the most important and comprehensive collections of signed modern first editions in the world. He utilised his impressive network, eventually boasting exceptional copies of nearly every book of note published in the latter half of the twentieth century, including To Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Casino Royale, and this copy of Adams' well loved adventure novel.

PROVENANCE:

From the Library of Clive Hirschhorn.