The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION] 1976 • Ballantine

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION [1975] BALLANTINE BOOKS

11th printing / 1976.  Decent reading copy of this rare paperback 1st. 

A bit beat up with heavy wear / creasing to cover.  Reads pretty flawlessly, with just a few nicked edges to first 3 pages.  Small sticker on front endpaper. 

She was magical, beautiful beyond belief—and completely alone...

The unicorn had lived since before memory in a forest where death could touch nothing. Maidens who caught a glimpse of her glory were blessed by enchantment they would never forget. But outside her wondrous realm, dark whispers and rumours carried a message she could not ignore: "Unicorns are gone from the world."

Aided by a bumbling magician and an indomitable spinster, she set out to learn the truth. but she feared even her immortal wisdom meant nothing in a world where a mad king's curse and terror incarnate lived only to stalk the last unicorn to her doom...