Richard Adams — The Plague Dogs

London, Allen Lane, 1977. First edition. Cloth. A smart review copy of this first edition novel from English writer Richard Adams, with illustrations throughout. First edition. A review copy with the letter of request from the publishers. Illustrated with eight images in-text and an illustrated title page. Collated complete. A novel which centers around the friendship of two dogs that escape an animal testing facility and are subsequently pursued by both the government and the media. Written by Richard George Adams, an English novelist best known for his novel Watership Down. Illustrated by Alfred Wainwright, a British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: A. Wainwright. Near Fine/Near Fine.