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196012942Faber 1960. 8vo. Second Impression neat inscription on front paste-down; cloth gilt back a very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter mildly browned on predominantly white rear panel. First published in the preceding year. Dustwrapper artwork by Anthony Gross. Gekoski & Grogan A6a recording the first edition. Faber, hardcover
1964355490713119London: Faber 1964. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof. Publishers Original Green Wrappers. Printed on front cover: "Uncorrected proof copy. Not for sale. Nor for review or serializaton without the publisher's permission. Publication date not yet settled." A VG copy. Many textual changes to the later first edition on pages 34 39 60 and 183. Faber unknown
198933547New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1989. First American Edition. 8vo publisher's original black cloth over red boards gilt lettered on the spine in the pictorial dustjacket 313 pp. Virtually as mint and a pristine copy in like dustjacket but for slight mellowing to the spine panel. AN EXCELLENT FIRST EDITION COPY OF THIS VOLUME FROM GOLDING'S GREAT SEA TRILOGY. A GRIPPING MASTERPIECE OF CONTEMPORARY FICTION. "Golding's trilogy is turning out to be a great sentimental journey of the naval kind. His grasp of what travelers thought knew or were ignorant of in 1815 is uncanny."- The Guardian Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover
1967012839London: Faber 1967 unclipped DW minimal light edge rubbing small chip top edge of lower panel excellent copy tight and tidy no inscriptions bar booksellers pencil. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Faber hardcover
PJH43780Faber 1989. Paper browned as usual else VG bright tight copy in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition 1st issue Signed boldly by Golding on half - title. ISBN 0571152031 Faber 1989 hardcover
198733546London: Faber and Faber 1987. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original black cloth gilt lettered on the spine in the pictorial dustjacket. 281 pp. A pristine copy in excellent condition. A FINE FIRST EDITION. "Close Quarters is the sequel to Rites of Passage and the second volume of A Sea Trilogy. In a wilderness of heat stillness and sea mists a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal fete-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread over the hull. Half-mad with fear with drink with love and opium everyone on this leaky unsound hulk is 'going to pieces'. And in a nightmarish climax the very planks seem to twist themselves alive as the ship begins to come apart at the seams."- William Golding Website<br> "A work of ferocious energy controlled with all the skill and cunning of a master."-The Spectator Faber and Faber hardcover
198033545London: Faber and Faber 1980. First Edition awarded the Booker Prize in the year of publication. 8vo publisher's original dark forest green cloth gilt lettered on the spine in the pictorial dustjacket 278 pp. A pristine copy in excellent condition. FIRST EDITION OF GOLDING'S FIRST BOOK IN A SEA TRILOGY AND WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE IN 1980. Edmond Talbot keeps a journal of his voyage from the South of England to Australia in the early 19th century. "Rites of Passage celebrates a great sea journey; it tackles vexed issues of class and sexuality; and it shows off Golding's prose at its most edgy and exhilarating." - Robert McCrum Faber and Faber hardcover
196732790London: Faber and Faber 1967. First Edition. 8vo original blue cloth with bgilt lettering on the spine in the dustjacket. 217 pp. A clean and bright copy of both book and jacket. GOLDING'S SIXTH NOVEL. "Despite the differences between The Pyramid and Golding's other works his imagination and ability to pinpoint the vulnerabilities and helplessness of the human condition is on full display here. As an exposure of the unfairness of British society it is devastating.The Pyramid is the English Social pyramid a particularly crippling and terrible structure."- Nicola Presley Faber and Faber hardcover
198044753Faber 1980-87-89. 3 vols. 8vo. First Edition; cloth green/black/black respectively backstrips lettered in gilt or white a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Golding's prize-winning nautical trilogy is set on a former British man-o'-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early nineteenth century. The first volume was awarded the Man Booker Prize for 1980. COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITIONS ARE SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Gekoski & Grogan A13a A18a A19a respectively. Faber, hardcover
36652LONDON FOLIO SOCIETY. FINE COPY IN A FINE SLIPCASE AND STILL SEALED. VERY VERY SCARCE. LONDON, FOLIO SOCIETY unknown
