[Rarebooks] FS: A Collection of Autograph Letters SIGNED by WATERSHIP DOWN author Richard Adams, prices reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $1250,      Now $1000

ADAMS, Richard. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS). London, 19 June 1973. 
Wonderful AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED, 3-1/2 pages, to the creator of the 
cover art for the Puffin edition of WATERSHIP DOWN which was published 
in June 1973 becoming a bestseller and responsible for establishing the 
book in the public's eye. Adams praises the artist's work: "Fiver's 
stare of rapt contemplation really makes one want to investigate 
further." He also asks for the original artwork which eventually did 
wind up in his hands. Fine. (#000187)        $1,000.00

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Price reduced:     Was $750,      Now $650

ADAMS, Richard. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with archive of related 
materials. Mountain View, CA, 5 Jan. 1982. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED of 
4 pages. About personal matters but primarily concerned with making 
corrections in an interview eventually published in the Webster Review 
in 1985. Mentions Kipling, Dickens, Trollope, and others, as well as his 
being president of the British Royal Society for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals. Regarding his WATERSHIP DOWN and a character from De 
la Mare's THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS, Adams says, "Nod & Fiver are similar 
in remaining weak, but in developing authority as their story develops. 
I did not say that Fiver's vision of man derived from the Nod-Andy 
Battle episode...." Along with a copy of the magazine containing the 
interview, copies of the interviewer's letters to Adams, and two copies 
of the manuscript of the interview--one the final copy and the other 
with some questions and answers not used in the final version. Crease 
marks from folding. With original envelope. Near Fine. (#005012)        
$650.00

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Price reduced:     Was $150,      Now $125

ADAMS, Richard. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (ALS). Isle of Man, 12 
February 1982. AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED of 2 pages on one sheet. 
Describes his latest work, THE LEGEND OF TE TUNA, and its origin in 
Joseph Campbell's THE MASKS OF GOD. Adams also discusses the film 
version of THE PLAGUE DOGS: "I've seen the first twenty minutes in 
complete form. Take it from me, it's terrific--far better than 
'Watership Down.'" Also refers to Ernest Thompson Seton whom Adams calls 
"the greatest of animal writers." Crease marks from folding. With 
original envelope. Near Fine. (#005011)        $125.00

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Price reduced:     Was $50,      Now $35

ADAMS, Richard. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). Isle of Man, 7 August 1980. 
TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the author of WATERSHIP DOWN agreeing to an 
interview. Crease marks from folding. With the original envelope. Near 
Fine. (#005010)        $35.00

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