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ADAMS, RICHARD.
Watership
Down.
Folding map at rear. 8vo, original
brown cloth stamped in gilt, minor rub-
bing to spine foot; dust jacket, short closed
tears along folds, few small smudges, one
ink mark to front panel; housed in
1
/
4
morocco drop-back case by Zaehnsdorf
for E. Joseph.
London: Rex Collings, 1972
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION
,
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR
on the title to critic Nicholas Tucker and con-
tains two loosely inserted Autograph Letters
Signed by Adams relating to the inscription, in
one referring to his preference for a later title of
his (Shardik) and compares Hardy’s The
Woodlanders unfavorably to The Mayor of
Casterbridge. A copy of Nicholas Tucker’s
review of the book extracted from the New
Statesman is included in the lot.
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BARRIE, J.M.
Peter and Wendy.
12 monochrome illustrations by Francis D.
Bedford. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-pictorial
green cloth, spine lightly faded; neat, early
gift inscription to front endpaper, book-
plate on pastedown, one illustration loose,
3 page spreads with dark offsetting from
news clippings.
FIRST AMERICAN TRADE
EDITION
with the October, 1911 date and
Scribner’s seal on the copyright page.
NewYork: Scribner’s Sons, 1911
[300/400]