"THERE CAME A HOWL AS THOUGH YOU'D SNATCHED THE PREY FROM 40 FAMISHED TIGERS": FIRST EDITION OF THE IRON WOLF AND OTHER STORIES, BOLDLY SIGNED BY RICHARD ADAMS
ADAMS, Richard. The Iron Wolf and other stories. (London): Allen Lane, (1980). Quarto, original brown paper boards, original dust jacket.
First edition of this collection of 19 international folktales deftly told by Richard Adams, with numerous full-page color plates by Yvonne Gilbert and black-and-white illustrations by Jennifer Campbell, boldly signed on the title page by Adams.
Written by the author of Watership Down, these lushly illustrated folktales—most involving animals—hail from Europe, China, Polynesia, and even the Arctic Circle.
Dust jacket price-clipped. A bright, about-fine copy.