Watership Down

Watership Down (1972) by Richard Adams follows a small group of rabbits who flee their warren after one among them, Fiver, senses its imminent destruction by human developers. Led by Fiver's brother Hazel, the group crosses the English downs in search of safe ground, eventually establishing a new warren and coming into conflict with Efrafa, a neighboring society governed by the militaristic General Woundwort. Efrafa is a rigidly controlled police state in which movement is restricted and the population is kept under constant surveillance. While mostly read as a fantasy adventure, the novel has parts that function as political allegory. The first edition was published by Rex Collings in a print run of approximately 2,500 copies and is genuinely scarce.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, burnt orange cloth stamped in gilt. London: Rex Collings, 1972. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (51). ISBN: 0901720313. #11194.
Some very faint staining to page edges, else very good in attractive near fine dust jacket with a few minor nicks. A very pleasing copy.