The Sheep Pig Babe ; with a Publisher's File Copy

by Dick King–Smith, Mary Rayner

$4,000 · Offered by Biblioctopus

First edition · Signed

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. First Edition. Preceding the 1985 U.S. edition retitled “Babe, the Gallant Pig” . Signed by King–Smith in ink on the title page. Fine in fine dustjacket, perfect, and not common when it’s signed, an exemplar of a “book code” imperative saying that even if every book you buy doesn’t ultimately make you happy, always buy the best of them so as to

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