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18 [ads], 313-374 pages. Features: A Diver Down a Gold Mine - an Italian worker stranded 1,000 feet down a flooded Australian mine is saved by deep-sea divers; The Forgotten Islands - The Chathams; A Tasmanian Robinson Crusoe - In 1904 the British barque Brier Holme went down and the only survivor lived three months on an uninhabited island; The Green Scarab; The Thief-Catcher - a holy man in India; Money to Burn - experiences while left in charge of a Transvaal farm; The Woman Who Walked to Siberia - Lillian Alling; Smugglers All; On the Edge of the World - final installment of Richard Brenton's adventures in Tierra del Fuego; Coin counterfeiters in Tanganyika; The Taking of Ventotene - a naval story in the Drake tradition; The Jinx - a man brings bad luck to others but escapes unscathed; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
574 pages. Index. "This book is for those individuals charged with implementing an audio system for which preliminary engineering has been completed. The task at hand, then, is one of executing this basic design with detailed drawings and installation procedures in a way which will minimize systems problems. In this way the book complements most other audio books which focus on systems and equipment layout and configuration. A world of detail and knowledge is needed to turn a rough design into an optimized, functional system, and this book addresses many of the issues associated with building systems." - from Preface. Chapters include: Grounded Power Systems; Power Distribution Systems; AC Power Disturbances and Safeguards; Technical Power Systems; Technical Ground Systems; Earth Connection; Interconnection Principles; Signal and System Parameters; Interconnection Hardware; Interconnection Practices; Patching Systems; Noise in Audio Systems; Wire and Cable Construction; Wire and Cable for Audio; Cable Preparation; Wire Termination; Separable Connectors; Terminal Strips and Blocks (Permanent Connectors); Assembly, Outboard and Central Equipment Wiring; Raceway Systems and Cable Installation; The Equipment Rack Standard; Types of Rocks; Hardware and Accessories; Rack Layouts; AC Power, Grounding and Cooling; Rack Interfacing. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this superb reference. Book
210 pages. Includes full-page black and white photographic plates of the following "Beautiful Women of the Stage": Louise Kelly, Francine Larrimore, Adele Hassan, Marguerite Clayton, Julia Bruns, Marguerite Courtot, Winnifred Kingston, Cleo Ridgeley, Miss Finney, Millie Billings, Betty Howe, and Leslie Claire. Contents: We Can't Have Everything (part 1); A Man's Man (to be continued); The Sins of the Children (to be continued). Short Stories: Scum of the Earth; The Mystery of the O.& O. Studio; Boosters for the Blessed State; The One-Man Team; The House at Bath; The Tenth of June; The Code of the Hills; The Gain in the Gainful Occupation. Pages 204-207 loose but present. Many nice vintage ads, some in color. Above-average but not excessive wear. Evidence of moisture exposure throughout. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
626 pages including index and tissue-protected black and white plates. "Home Life as men lived in the Bible times, Home Life as the Bible teaches men to live in all times - such is the double sense which I would like to give to the title of this book... I only claim to give a fair report of what I saw and felt in the Bible lands while tracing the paths that were trodden by holy men of old. I only hope that what I have written of home life on earth may help others to attain a better home in heaven." - From Preface. Front hinge open. Above-average but not excessive wear. Attractive green textured boards decorated with gilt which is only moderately worn. Remains a pleasing copy. Book
108 pages. Fiction: Engagement Party; The Nervous Thief; One Night of Trouble; The Improbably Blonde; Rendezvous in Tokyo (part 4 of 8); The Secret of Shining Brook (conclusion). Articles: New War on Hit-And-Run Killers; The Face of America - Frozen Sunrise; Personal - from Budapest - Noel Barber's personal account of the Hungarians resisting the Russians; Pro Football Comes Down to Earth - photo-illustrated article on how the game is moving from passing to old-fashioned body-crushing tactics; The Truant Officer Learns to Smile - viewing truancy as a sign of disturbance rather than a crime; I'm Glad I Bought a Toupee - Fred Sparks explains how his life changed; My Dad, Walt Disney - Part V - Suddenly He Was A Genius - article with *AMAZING* color photos; Deadliest Fighter in the Air - the delta-winged, needle-nosed F-102A. Ads: Zippo lighters; Listerine; Philco televisions; Sheaffer's White Dot Snorkel Pen; Channel Master TV antennas (two pages); Imperial cars - beautiful color photo of a 2-door Southampton; Santagram ad features photo of Herb and Pixie Shriner and family; Fantastic two-page color ad for the new 1957 Oldsmobile 'Fiesta'; Whitman's Chocolates; Pontiac; Awesome two-page color photo ad for 1957 Mercury cars - 'Big M Announcement No. 3"; Great one-page color-photo ad for Plymouth features man with hose over his shoulder; Lady Borden ice cream; Nice two-page color ad for Studebaker cars; Nice one-page photo ad for Boeing features the new KC-135 transport tanker; *Sensational* two-page color-photo ad for the Buick Roadmaster features a red two-door model at night; A&P coffee; Page & Shaw chocolates. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
152 pages. Features: A Manifesto for Earth; Return of the Plains Bison to the prairies and the return of honor; An ecological ethos in presocratic thinking - can we really learn anything new from the past?; The reflecting pool - place of the ten thousand things; Can universities promote an ecological ethos?; Archtiecture and the global ecological crisis - from Heidegger to Christopher Alexander; Art and the Big Picture; The Road past the selfish landscape; Philosophical urbanism and deconstruction in city-form - an environmental ethos for the twenty-first century; Biocentrism and the Bauhaus; An imaginary trialogue on abstract art - Kandinsky, Kupka, and Mondrian in conversation; For a dialogue on the future of abstract art; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
232 pages. Features: Behind the Hush-Hush - United States Army Air Forces Bare their Secrets to writers for the First time in 25 Years; Down to Earth; Tomorrow's Air Liners; Typhoon - Flying Power-House is Deadly Weapon; Should Regulations Be Increased?; Pathfinder Force; Report from Ottawa; London Report; Trends in Washington; Air Line Pilots' Association; Prospects Worth Fighting For; Routes to Canada Debates; Cause of Canadianism Served; Aircraft Maintenance Section; Marauder Landing Gear; Engineering Illustration; Ontario Backing Pledged; New Equipment; and more. Many pages of excellent WWII advertisements by a wealth of prominent companies. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
144 pages. Features: Cutting Loose - a private view of the Women's Uprising, by Sally Kepton; Scenario for a Military Coup d'Etat in the United States; Safari for Commuters; Ecliptic Vibrations - Two Minutes, six seconds of shadow bands, pink horizons and doom, by James S. Kunen; Bad Names - James Ross (a relative of Jesse James), Maria Rasputin, Romano Mussolini, Dee Rockwell, Charles Reno, Helen Garrett, James Frazier Reed III, Judge Woodrow Wilson Bean, Mrs. Maria Quinta Luz Villa, Dustin Hoffman - Little Big Man Clings to Life; Polluted Air in Los Angeles; The Corporate N*gg*r - Every Company Needs One; The Whole Earth Catalog - a Review; Facing the Forests, by A.B. Yehoshua; Favourite Drinks of Arnold Palmer, Pancho Gonzales, Cleon Jones, Mario Andretti, Willie Shoemaker; Fiona - by Wright Morris; Fashion Photos. Many great vintage photo ads. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
210 pages. Features: Color photo ad for Lincoln Continental cars; Bulova ad featuring explorer and navigator David Humphreys; Courting Disaster (or, Serious in the Fifties), by Philip Roth; The Sociology of Dumb - one evening too many with TV talk show hosts Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett; Up, Uppity and Away - Julian Bond; Earth Art in the desert - with great aerial photos; The Aged are on the March; The Politics of the Costume - fantastic photos of various great outfits; Mercury is Heavier Than You Think - Locations of mercury pollution in the U.S.; A Death on the East Side, by Herbert Gold; Do People Snigger when you order Wine? - a short course to transform you from novice to semi-connoisseur; On Watching Parsifal with Molly - a personal essay by Otto Friedrich; Great Spring '72 Fashion photo section; Dewar's Whisky profile of Charles De Rose; Great back cover color ad for the Dodge Charger Topper - a custom-equipped economy Charger model. Many other great vintage ads. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
144 pages. Cover: Undiscovered American Beauties: Christine Reed. Special Features: Divorces are Not Crimes: They Are Tragedies; We Must Pay for our Own Room on Earth; Our Own Young Marrieds; Baby Killer: Could Your Hospital be Guilty?; How America Lives: Unharried Housewife - Mario and Rose Occhialino; and "Leaflets Three, Leave It Be!" Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Lederle, Lucky Strike Cigarettes, Jell-O and Seven-Up. Full page colour Lux Flakes ad with Susan Hayward. Full page colour Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad with Ava Gardner. Full page colour Lederle Laboratories print advertising with Artist Robert Lougheed (1910-1982) painting. American Illustrators include: Al Parker, Jon Whitcomb, and Robert G. Harris. Average wear. A few small openings front cover fore-edge. A clean copy. Magazine
84 pages. Cover: Dustin Hoffman Special Features: Hope for America and Sex and Racism in the NFL. Other features include: Do We Need a New Pledge of Allegiance?; Pilgrims' Odyssey: A New View; Fired at 49 - Keith Bose; More Electric Power: How on Earth do we get it?; and The Good Guys Wear War Paint (Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man). Average wear. Binding sound. Magazine
Features: Austin Willis in ad for Matinee cigarettes; First Open Survey of Psychochemical Warfare; Disarmament and the PentagonThe last days of NORAD - Peter C. Newman finds that our elaborate missile defense system may be out of date - with photo of Canadian Air Marshal Roy Slemon and a photo outside NORAD's under mountain facility in Colorado Springs; What wine snobs don't know about wine; Sudbury and its 17,000 man labour war; How phobic fear makes monsters out of molehills; Patricia McDonough describes how she broke into New York show business and went straight to the bottom; W.O. Mitchell explains why Summer Cottages are wasted as status symbols; Earth Detectives will probe two miles under Canada's crust this summer to examine the earth's mantle; The New Women in Politics - Pauline Jewett and Judy LaMarsh. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Editorial - The Lure of Disarmament; Why Churchill Backed Mountbatten; Canadian Immigration Problems in Hong Kong - Phoney Birth Certificates; Niice ad for the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight; How the Prime Minister became Uncle Louis (St. Laurent) - article with many photos; I Say Your Child Can't Read - by Dr. Rudolf Flesch; We Say Children Read Better, by Marian Harvie and Phyllis Todds; Chiang Kai-Shek - The Man Who Yearns For War - article with photos; Forty Million Dollars Worth of Snow - The growth of the ski heaven of the Laurentians - article with photos; Soviet Psychiatrist Dr. Nicol Ozeretsky Discusses the Russian Mind; No Wonder Italians Like to Eat - Dorothy Sangster on Italian Food; Who Destroyed the Earth - story by Robert Wolf Emmett; The Ten Best and Ten Worst Movies of 1954 - article with photos; Nice Chrysler centerfold ad features their "Motion-Design" car styling. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
Features: Ivory - the pearl of the forest - the age-old industry built around the teeth of elephants; Editorials - blindness and false shame - help needed - too fat? - international affairs; Testing the astronomical yardstick - when Eros approaches the earth, Astronomers will study him further; A stone dam greater than Cheops' pyramid - novel methods of construction on World's largest rock-filled dam; Has living matter been produced in the laboratory? - Mexican scientist produces what resembles low forms of life; The volcanic birth of a new island - an eruption in hte bay that was Krakatoa's crater; Mining the sky for scientific knowledge - problems and questions that may be solved by the exploring rocket; Modern 'alchemy' in iron and steel - scientists are making iron almost a noble metal; Preserving newspaper files - tissue coating adds to strength of wood pulp paper; An actor turns inventor - safety oven shelf spells financial success; Practical X-ray crystal analysis in engineering - inner characteristics of materials can now be ascertained; Pre-constructed pip-line hauled out to sea - launching a huge pipe to make an ocean filling station for tankers; Giant Tortoises - they are now being propagated in the U.S.; From the archeologist's notebook - Petra - Chinese pottery dogs - a venus from the sea; Landscaping with fully-grown trees - difficult procedure in moving large trees; On the track of the Mayas - modern Mayas mix Christianity with their old paganism. Back cover features interesting advertisement by Southern California Edison with photo of enormous new transmission tower supplying Los Angeles. Uncommon Auburn Automobile advertisement inside front cover features their Cord Front Drive feature. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear and soiling. Unmarked. Book
160 pages. Features: The Sickness of our American Cities - Baltimore; The Conspiracy Against America - Excerpts of an address by Revilo P. Oliver to the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies; New York - The Freeloader's Paradise - The Empire State Becomes The Welfare State; How America Muffed Space Supremacy - we did not heed the warnings of Robert H. Goddard; Spare Parts for Human Hearts; That Athletic Second Rater-Man; Stay Away, U.S.A.; Defense Against Communism - Living Christianity is the Best; Istanbul's Grand Bazaar; The Health of the American People; 15 Years of U.N. Deceit - Agency Directed its Funds to Promote Socialism; "An Unauthorized Telegram" - How Ike let the Soviets occupy Berlin, Prague, and Vienna; The "Colorful" White House; We Lose Our U.N. Majority; The Bustling Canadian Border; Earth Poetry; Mercury Warned You; Let Them Explode; Coro Foundation - Political Bootcamp; Civil Rights; Evergreen - climate changes have resulted from deforestation and soil-depletion; Conservation - For Whom?; Greenland Today; The South Has Lessons to Teach; Wandering Children of the Sea; Olympia's Immortal Athletes; Government Office with Federal Funds; Who is Fighting the Loyalty Oath; Wild Foxes, Hoot Owls and TV; Wisconsin's New Indian County; The Honorable Sweet Potato; The Sweetest Little War; I Found the Palace of Kublai Khan; The Custom Hat; Are Fish More Important than People? - A core of doctors and dentists scientifically oppose fluoridation; Ice Cream - Delicious Dessert or Poison Potion?; The "Hollow" Man - John Cleves Symmes had strange theories about the earth's interior; and more. Minimal markings. Bottom of pate 149 removed, apparently with no loss to text. Moderate wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Photos of Russia's scorched earth policy; London's civil defence forces reviewed by Mr. Churchill - five photos; The Allied Capture of Damascus - Free French Troops March In - five photos; Photo of Frank Knox at the commissioning of the new super-battleship "Washington"; Four illustrations of Britain's latest shock troops in army tests - advance assault methods by a 'Recce" battalion; Photo of Russian pilots; Photo of Russian military officials in London; Photos of the Leading personalities of the week, including the first Indian V.C., Lieut. P.S. Bhagat who cleared landmines for four days and was blown up twice; Scenes of the Allied success in Syria - Twelve photos; Devastating R.A.F. daylight precision bombing in occupied France - four super aerial photos; Fascinating before and after air photos showing camouflage of Hamburg's rail station; Article - The Second Stage in Russia, by Cyril Falls; Air photos of bomb carnage in Munster; Eleven photos of Russian resistance to the "German Hordes"; Britain's Tank Drive - photos of tanks and their assembly - *includes photo of the first Canadian-built Valentine tank at the Angus works - admired by hundreds of workers after being handed over to Colonel Ralson, Canadian Minister of Defense; The Life of British POWs in a German Camp - ten sketches by Lieut. J.F. Watton at Oflag VII and Posen, Poland; Navy sporting events in a Mediterranean Harbour - the H.M.S. "Kelvin"; ME 109F of German flying ace Hauptmann Peter Pingel is recovered intact neara St. Margaret's Bay on the Kent coast; The "Alstertor" Nazi prison ship is scuttled - 3 photos of the sinking and survivors; Three photos of enemy vessls just hit by the R.A.F.; Navy pictures at the latest war exhibition; Article on Bees; Huntley & Palmers Biscuits full-page ad; Nice colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover with manicured gardens in background. Average wear. Faint Ink stamps to front cover. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
18 [ads], 251-312 pages. Features: The Strange Case of Herman Crowell - the life of a senior insurance official turns to mystery and romance; The Stolen Mine-Dump - a Gold Coast mine story; Among the Skolt Lapps - photo-illustrated article; The Bundoo Mask - was it responsible for a run of misfortune in Sierra Leone; On the Edge of the World (part II) - further adventures of Richard Brenton in Tierra del Fuego; Two Black Outlaws - two Australian aboriginals go criminal and give Queensland police much trouble; My Pet Elephant - an amusing tale from Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia; Looking for Trouble - tragedy strikes when 20-year-old Henrietta Schmerler goes to live with and study the Apache Indians; Kite-Fishing in the Solomons; The Runaway Train; Four of a Kind - a Nigerian District officer tells a story related to "leopard" and "lion-men" atrocities in Africa; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
CEDP - CNRS. 1957. In-4 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 309 pages. Illustré de nombreux graphiques, cartes et photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Avec 1 grand tableau dépliable hors texte. Trad. par J. Pietresson de Saint-Aubin et A. Bauer.
Pages: 37-76. Features: Nice one-page Daimler Regency ad; Cover photo of the 'World Peace' which struck the El Ferdan swing bridge and blocked the Suez Canal; Professor Edgar Douglas Adrian; Mau Mau Terrorism in Kenya - home of Mrs. Anne Carnelley is burned; Fastest Man on Earth - photo of J.P. Stapp being strapped into rocket sled at Alamorgordo; Danish freighter 'Lexa Maersk' burns in Singapore; France approves German rearmament; Photos of 17 personalities of the week include Viscount Hambleden and his fiancee Donna Maria Carmela Attolico de Adelfia, Colonel Jose Antonio Remon of Panama, Roger G. Bannister, Captain Sir Robert Irving, and record glider Philip Wills; Nice one-page photo portrait of Admiral William Morrow Fechteler, U.S.N.; Two pages of interesting photos of life in Baghdad/Iraq; Two-pages of illustrations present the decline and fall of the Battleship - silhouettes of the world's capital ships, which have decreased in numbers and importance ever since the Battle of Jutland in 1916; Christmas Day Crash at Prestwick - wrecked B.O.A.C. Stratocruiser; Demolishing the London Zoo's Monkey Hill; Wonderful centerfold illustration of the view looking north over Central Park in Manhattan from the Observation Tower of the R.C.A. Building; Two pages of photos from Britain's first national Boat Show; Photos of 16 people who received awards, including Sir Arnold Gridley who was created a Baron; Sultan of Zanzibar opens new power station; King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia visits King Phumiphol Aduldej of Siam; Two wonderful photos of London bidding a gay welcome to 1955 - scenes at the Chelsea Arts Ball, and in Piccadilly Circus; Photo of mink farm in Cary, Illinois where 50,000 mink are being raised; Photo of large wind generator at St. Albans which may supply up to 100 kW; Article on the Mangrove. Average wear. Unmarked. Short openings along coverfold. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
116 pages. Features: Many gorgeous fashion ads; Lovely two-page color-photo ad for Van Cleef & Arpesl featuring Piaget watches; Classy one-page color-photo ad for Swank See-Through Tie Clips; Cacanudo cigar ad features photo of Morton L. Annis, Chairman of Montego y Cia; Nice color ad for Corum watches; Can Teddy Kennedy Survive His Reputation?; The Rosenberg Case - An Inquest on an Inquest (nuclear espionage); The Same Justice Can Be Both a 'Strict' and a 'Loose' Constructionist; Cairo's War (Against Israel) - Now You See It, Now You Don't; Report Card on kid's TV show Sesame Street - with photos of some of the original cast members; Nice color ad for Omega watches with photo taken of earth from the moon; Nice Zapata-themed color-photo ad for Elgin watches; Fascinating color-photo ad for Carousel wigs features wig on the statue of liberty; Photos of sexy skirts; Color Power - Furniture designers George and Louise Beylerian and their rental apartment; Heroin Kills - A Primer for Parents and Children; and more. Heavy wear to covers which are all but loose from staples. A worthy vintage copy. Book
68 pages. Features: Cesar Chavez and The Little Strike That Grew to La Causa - major article; Nice two-page ad for the Mercedes-Benz 280 S; Manitoba - Three weeks to Victory - article with photo of Howard Paulley with the Schreyers; Color photo of smiling Nixon with Trudeau at Terre Des Hommes; Major photo-illustrated article on Native Canadians and the federal government; The Curious Case of Dr. John Knowles; Great photo of "Rural Alabama Negroes at Polls", lined up outside "The Sugar Shack"; JDL / Jewish Defense League article - threat breeds counterthreat; Europe's dreams of unity revive - article with photo of new EU headquarters under construction; France's new cabinet; Rhine River pollution; Latin America - protest and progress; Commando assaults in the mid-east; Interview with General Yakubu Gowan of Nigeria; Legacy of the Warren Supreme Court; Article on the passing of Judy Garland; Measuring earth's motion; Photo of strike scene at San Francisco State; Passing of Willy Ley, Westbrook Pegler, Alene Stern Erlanger and Frank King; Showdown in Trade with Japan; Agnellli intends to acquire Ferrari; The Mobile Millionaire - Arthur Decio, founder of Skyline Corp., of Elkhart, IN; Westbrook Pegler - master of the epithet; The Film Maker as Ascendant Star - article with photos of Stanley Kubrick and Penn, with four pages of color photos of directors at work; Joe Frazier pummels Jerry Quarry; Pole vaulter John Pennel sets new world record; Nature Conservancy of Canada ad shows polluted river; and more. Moderate wear. Bit of writing atop front cover. Minor evidence of address label removal. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 86-168+ 20 pages of nice ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, "The Muscle Builder". Features: Mazulla and His Sahib, part 1 - moving Indian adventures, with photos; Neilson's New Man -a story of country life in New Zealand; The Tale-Teller of Algiers - the strange adventure of a visitor to Algiers in October, 1925; Mussolini's War Against the Mafia in Sicily - describes the first stage of the great 'clean-up' - a most dramatic and exciting business - article with photos of Police Commissioner Spano, Signor Mori of Palermo, Gaetono Ferrarello, Carmelo Andaloro, Salvatore Ferrarello, and Nicolo Andaloro; Mr. Stepper, I.D.B. - a diamond story; The Trouble in Coeur D'Alene - part 2 - going undercover to investigage labor-management conflict in the mining district of Northern Idaho - with photos; "Free-Trading" in the Arctic - great photo-illustrated article about white traders living in remote Indian and Eskimo territories; Photo of Korean wedding; One Thing After Another - troubles on the Inyoka Tobacco Estate in Rhodesia, with photo of author and trouble-making jackal; Across North America in a Motor-Boat, part 4 of this record-setting 6,000 mile trip - with maps and photos; The Cleverest Thieves on Earth - The Criminal Tribes of India - a photo-illustrated account of the 'crims' and their hereditary war against society. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Renegade Regency - Victoria Webster's vision of a home teeming with colour and pattern; Trends 2010; Playful Modern - The eco-focused family-friendly home of Terra Kushner and family cleverly mixes lofty spaces, iconic furniture and quirky touches; Stylish Sunday Brunch; Design insider Kelvin Browne confronts an aesthetic identity crisis; Indie Chic - peek inside the quirky home of two of Canada's top tastemakers, Matt Carr and Joyce Lo; The Statement Chair; and more. 120 pages. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Hardcover (no jacket); minor exterior sunning and shelfwear. Previous owner's details penned on the FEP. A sound book with clean pages and clear content. Used
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.
