Watership Down. Illustrated by John Lawrence. Middlesex: Penguin/Kestrel Books, 1976. First Edition Thus. Pp, 154 with pull out map to rear. Quarter cloth, cream paper boards, in pictorial dust jacket & matching slipcase. Neat ownership inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise a fine bright copy.

First published in 1972, the book was awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for children’s fiction.

This is the first illustrated edition, with the lovely colour illustrations by John Lawrence.

A nice presentation edition.