Watership Down. Illustrated by John Lawrence. Middlesex: Penguin/Kestrel Books, 1979. Third Impression.  Pp, 154 with pull out map to rear. Quarter cloth, cream paper boards, in pictorial dust jacket & matching slipcase. A fine bright copy.

Presentation Copy, Inscribed by the Author verso title page.

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

The first illustrated edition, with the lovely colour illustrations by John Lawrence, was published in 1976.

A timeless epic of survival, loyalty, and myth. Both a thrilling adventure and a profound exploration of community. John Lawrence’s illustrations are a perfect and inseparable companion to the text.