Redwall

London: Hutchinson, 1986. First edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Brian Jacques on the title page underneath a gift inscription to the former owner. 351 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth-affect paper-covered boards lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with light foxing and dust-soiling to textblock edges. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear, light soiling to flaps, and tape repair to verso. "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 (truncated) bilge rat Cluny the Scourge, held at bay by the noble mouse residents of Redwall Abbey. The debut novel by Brian Jacques. The British edition precedes all others. (Inventory #: 140947653)