The Plague Dogs - Richard Adams (FIRST EDITION - illustrated by A. Wainwright)

The Plague Dogs is the third novel by Richard Adams, author of Watership Down, about two dogs who escape an animal testing facility and are subsequently pursued by both the government and the media. It was first published in 1977, and features a few location maps drawn by Alfred Wainwright, a fellwalker and author. The conclusion of the book involves two real-life characters, Adams' long-time friend Ronald Lockley, and the world-famous naturalist Sir Peter Scott. Having seen a manuscript, both men readily agreed to be identified with the characters and opinions that Adams had attributed to them, as is shown in Adams' preface to the book.

Title: The Plague Dogs

Author: Richard Adams

Publisher: Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd, London. 1977.

ISBN: 0 7319 1055 0

Hardcover. First edition. 461 pp. with illustrations and diagrams by A. Wainwright. Has dust jacket - intact, hardly shows wear and in excellent condition. Binding tight and firm. 

Fascinating note from former owner on meeting Adams in 1988 on first blank inner page, and a newspaper clipping about laboratory testing of animals neatly pasted on second blank inner page (before title page). Further inners are clean and unfoxed.

Overall condition: very good/excellent