1st Edition 1943. A book from the writer of Bambi that inspired Adams to have anthropomorphic talking rabbits. From the library of Richard Adams the writer of Watership Down. Full provenance and with a supplied Richard Adams bookplate attached to the front endpaper. Illustrated by Sheila Dunn. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Small loss to edges. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked.