By Richard Adams
London   Allen Lane
8.5" by 5.5" [8], 9-396, [1pp]
A fine signed copy of one of Richard Adams' popular novels, imbued in the world of antique pottery.
By Richard Adams

1980 The Girl in a Swing

London   Allen Lane
8.5" by 5.5" [8], 9-396, [1pp]
A fine signed copy of one of Richard Adams' popular novels, imbued in the world of antique pottery.
£80.00
: 0.75kgs / : 766P18

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

The first edition, second state of this novel, with the female protagonist being named 'Karin Forster'; the name was changed from 'Kathe Geutner' due to a threat of a libel suit from someone with the same name as the character.

Signed by the author to the title page.

In the original unclipped dustwrapper.

'The Girl in a Swing' follows the courtship and marriage between a man and a woman, the man proposing despite not knowing anything about his future wife's family or background.

Written by Richard Adams, an author best known for his work 'Watership Down'.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper with just a couple of very faint marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Signed by the author to the title page.

Fine

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