{"product_id":"shardik-by-richard-adams-signed-u-s-first-edition-first-printing-1974-simon-schuster","title":"Shardik by Richard Adams SIGNED! [U.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1974 • Simon \u0026 Schuster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eShardik by Richard Adams \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU.S. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1974] SIMON \u0026amp; SCHUSTER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle page has been flat-signed by beloved English author Richard Adams \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue 1st flat-signed by Richard Adams.  Includes 1974 newspaper clipping of a Shardik review by Edmund Fuller.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDust jacket is in very good condition. Shows some heavy tanning; a few tiny sealed edge tears.  Looks great in a new HQ brodart jacket protector.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook itself is near mint.  Pristine brown cloth boards.  Embossed personalized stamp to half-title page. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReads like new! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a bitterly divided world, a giant bear becomes an object of worship in “the extraordinary fantasy novel by the author of Watership Down ” ( The Guardian , UK).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a burning forest, Kelderek the hunter encounters a gigantic bear unlike any he’s seen before. Surely this is the reincarnation of Lord Shardik, the messenger of god whose return has been anticipated by the primitive Ortelgan people. In service to Shardik, Kelderek becomes a prophet, then a soldier, and finally an emperor-priest. Swept up by fate and his impassioned faith, Klederek will come to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in the bear’s divinity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten after his bestselling debut novel Watership Down , Richard Adams’s Shardik is an epic fantasy of tragic character. A fascinating depiction of the power of belief, it explores themes of faith, slavery, and war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48892941631737,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/shardiksigned-6copy.jpg?v=1787624955","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/shardik-by-richard-adams-signed-u-s-first-edition-first-printing-1974-simon-schuster","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}