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New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing, First State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Octavo, 218 pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue, orange, pink, purple, white, and yellow lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$4.95", has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the extremities, and chipping along the joints and fore corners. Boards have mild wear along the edges, mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild adhesive wear along the pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, and mild wear along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved Case 8. Peter S. Beagle was born on April 20, 1939 in Manhattan. Beagle would write his first published novel "A Fine and Private Place" at just 19 years old, getting it published in 1960, followed by a memoir in 1965. The road to "The Last Unicorn" was difficult, supposedly taking Beagle…

The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle, originally published in 1968. It follows the tale of a unicorn who believes she is the last of her kind in the world and undertakes a quest to discover what has happened to the others.

The true first edition of 'The Last Unicorn' was published by Viking Press in 1968. First editions can be identified by the full number line including '1', stating 'First published in 1968 by Viking Press', and lacks mentions of later printings or editions.