The Plague Dogs — Richard Adams

First Edition (1977) — Allen Lane / Rex Collings**

Description For sale is a true 1977 first edition of The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams, published by Allen Lane (Penguin Books Ltd) in association with Rex Collings Ltd. This is the original UK hardback issue that followed the success of Watership Down, and is increasingly sought after by collectors of modern British literature.

The copyright page confirms:

• First published 1977

• Copyright © Richard Adams, 1977

• ISBN: 0 7139 1055 0

• Set in Monotype Ehrhardt

• Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk

A solid example of the earliest printing, produced by one of the major British book printers of the period.