The Plague Dogs centres around the friendship of two dogs that escape an animal testing facility and are subsequently pursued by both the government and the media. As in Adams' debut novel, Watership Down, the animal characters in The Plague Dogs are anthropomorphised. The Plague Dogs features location maps drawn by Alfred Wainwright, a fellwalker and author. The conclusion of the book involves two real-life characters, Adams' long-time friend Ronald Lockley, and the world-famous naturalist Sir Peter Scott. Having seen a manuscript, both men readily agreed to be identified with the characters and opinions that Adams had attributed to them, as is shown in Adams' preface to the book. The Plague Dogs was later adapted into an animated feature film of the same name. (Above text taken from Wikipedia.) This Signed First Edition is in Good (approaching Very Good) condition overall. The pages are very clean and there are no noted marks or annotations (other than the dedication and signat