Redwall
London: Hutchinson, 1986.
First edition, first printing. 351 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth-affect paper-covered boards lettered in gilt. Near Fine with very light wear and edge toning to covers, light soiling to front endpapers. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with very light edgewear. A lovely copy. "It was the start of the Summer of the Late Rose. Mossflower country shimmered..." so begins the first book of the long-running series that has enthralled children worldwide. Mossflower country is about to be terrorized by the warlord bilge rat Cluny the Scourge, held at bay by the noble mouse residents of Redwall Abbey. The debut novel by Brian Jacques, whose combination of English countryside coziness and medieval violence is effectively captured by cover artist Pete Lyon. The British edition precedes all others.
Price: $1,100