Watership Down by Richard Adams [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING / 1975]

Watership Down by Richard Adams FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK PRINTING [1975] AVON BOOKS Binding is tight and pages are clean and read nicely with tanning.    Cover is in good structural condition but poor cosmetic shape, w. heavy discoloration from age & creasing around spine.    Overall, a solid reading copy despite its flaws w/ identical artwork to that of the hardcover first edition. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.