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Viking Press: New York, 1968. First edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Classic fantasy, the basis for the 1982 animated film, directed and produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. . In Pringle: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels no 38. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR/''For David - this copy of THE LAST UNICORN with the best wishes of Molly, Schmendrick, and yours truly, Peter S. Beagle 1 August 1979''. The novel involves a quest by the unicorn and two fellow companions, Schmendrick the Magician and Molly Grue. The author has (as he often did when signing his name) drawn a little face in the ''P'' of Peter in the inscription. Page edges browning (though top page edges stained pink as issued), else a fine copy in a near fine (bright and unfaded) dustjacket.

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.