Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$1.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good hardcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean. Hardcovers and dust jacket are good. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.
Seller: Polly's Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1979.
Price: US$2.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First American edition stated. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Near fine.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$3.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jacket has light edge wear.
Seller: Ahab Books, Glencoe, CA, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$3.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hideously scarred and orphaned during the bombing of London, Matty sees himself as set apart from others, and his wanderings bring him into contact with Mr. Pedigree, a respected teacher and obsessed pederast, and Sophy and Toni, angelic-looking terrorist twins Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1979.
Price: US$3.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Will despatch first class post
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$3.42 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: US Hard Cover Edition. Book is in good condition. Slight wear may be present on cover, pages, spine or corners. Minimal highlighting/writing may be present. Dustcover may be missing. Code is not included. Great buy!
Seller: Heisenbooks, Yardley, PA, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$4.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Dust jacket and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Farrar Straus & Giroux Third printing 1979.
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979, 1979.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st American.
Seller: bccbooks, WHITE PLAINS, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.42 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Owner's name on inside.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4th printing. `VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$5.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1979 1st US edition, Near Fine/Near Fine DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has very light shelfwear, in new Mylar with price intact, mild bump to fore-edgee on cover, no markings found, not a remainder, top edge of textblock dyed orange.
Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
Golding, William Gerald. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1979.
Price: US$5.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The DJ is lightly rubbed with some mild edge wear.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York NY, 1979.
Price: US$6.50 + shipping
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; 265 pages
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$6.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$6.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$6.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$7.49 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 265 pages, black quarter-cloth with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white with several small light stains along bottom fore-edge. In a very good, clean, lightly worn dust jacket, with the original price.
Seller: Avenue Victor Hugo Books, Newmarket, NH, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Girous, New York, 1979.
Price: US$7.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing; mustard yellow boards with black tape bidning; gold printing on spine; dj protected with cover; not price clipped; old glue residue on ffep. "This extraordinary new novel, by the author of the now classic 'Lord of the Flies,' is William Golding's first novel in twelve years. In 'Darkness Visible' he was written a story of our times, a chilling mystery which never ceases to mystify. The master of disturbing suggestion, William Golding stirs up the sediment of dark thoughts and half ideas within us all." -- from the dj
Seller: The Book Closet, Walnut, IA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$7.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 265 pages; bottom edge remainder mark, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout. gentle bumps to spine ends; DJ gently bumped, two very tiny chips, now in new mylar protector.
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1979.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Non-price clipped dj is lightly scuffed with two 1/2 inch closed tears. Pages are clean & free from markings. Binding is tight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible: A Novel. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The book is ever so slightly canted and there is a remainder mark on the fore edge of the book block. The dust jacket has a tiny chip and wrinkle at the head of the spine.
Seller: Bookster, Baxter Springs, KS, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$8.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 265 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. Yellow boards, blind embossed on front, with qtr black cloth, stamped in gold on spine. Black glossy dj. No damage or markings noted.
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$9.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Good condition. Text is clean of any markings or notes. Binding is tight with minimal edge wear and surface rubbing. DJ is in good condition and has been placed inside a protective covering. DJ has some edge wear and chipping. DJ has small tear missing from near center of front cover. Corner clipping of front interior DJ flap. Slight folding at foot of back interior DJ flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Golding, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Remainder mark. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 265 pages
Seller: The Story Shop, Elwood, IN, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$9.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A FINE tight copy in a FINE bright dj , 1st Edition
Seller: Canford Book Corral, Freeville, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American edition from 1979. Dust jacket has light wear. Mustard-colored paper boards are good. Binding is slanted. Pages are clean and unmarked. LO
Seller: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Black stripe on bottom edge. Otherwise, clean & straight. Text and images unmarked. Dust jacket is lightly creased along bottom edge. 265 pp.
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Golding, William Gerald. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus and Giroux ( 1979), New York, 1979.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, 265 pages, clothbacked boards, top edge stained yellow, a bit cocked. "An extraordinary tour-de-force" by a Nobel Prize-winning author. Nautical fiction, from the Napoleonic Era, in the tradition of Melville.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$10.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Tight and square. Black jacket has 1 1/2" closed tear on front panel but otherwise bright and fresh. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness visible. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979., New York, 1979.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 265 p. ; 21 cm.
Seller: Inkberry Books, Niwot, CO, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 265 pages, 8vo, yellow boards/black cloth. Near fine, cover corner lightly bumped, remainder mark bottom edge; dust jacket near fine. Serving the antiquarian and used book world since 1980
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Golding, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "Darkness Visible," which marked Golding's return to the novel after eight years, won the James Tait Black Memorial prize and was certainly a major contributor, along with Golding's classic, "The Lord of the Flies," to the author's Nobel Prize award a few years later. "Darkness Visible" is a story about the varieties of madness and features a disfigured World War II orphan, Matty, who becomes a wandering prophet and social outcast, dabbling in the occult, and Sophy, a beautiful young woman and sociopath, who becomes a crime boss, planning to kidnap an Arab prince. First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. Remainder dots on upper and lower edges of the text block, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows moderate rubbing and surface wear and some chipping and wear at the spine ends. The front flap's upper corner is creased. O/w dj is complete, not price-clipped and looks fine in mylar protector.
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. Darkness Visible.. Farrar Straus and Giroux, (1979), New York, 1979.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket with edge tears and edge wear.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux (t), New York, 1979.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: Near Fine copy with a light bump the spine heel front corner in Fine Dust Wrapper. bx91
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: An engrossing novel, a fine story of Matty, who survived the London blitz as a very young boy, who became orphaned and horribly scarred, disfigured, and whose life and future is thus made "darkness visible." Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 265 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux October 1979, 1979.
Price: US$12.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. jacket protected in mylar covering.
Seller: Magus Books Seattle, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. Darkness Visible.. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: 4th Printing. Hardbound Description: 8vo BINDING/CONDITION: gold paper covered boards with black cloth at the spine; owner's name and date (writ small), and a color transfer from the black paper at the bottom spine to the bottom edge of the text (this affects the last three pages only), otherwise the book is Very Good, with a Very Good+ dust jacket ISBN: 0-374-13502-9
Seller: The Bookworm, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York:, 1979.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Description: black cloth w/ mustard paper boards; gilt lettering on spine; top edge pale-yellow; 265 pgs; illus dust jacket w/ $10.95 on front flap, author photo by Mark Gerson at back. jacket design by Muriel Nasser w/ art by Russell Drysdale.
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Large softcover, abstract color-illustration at center front with black border on front wrapper, photo of Golding on back, very slight wear to spine edges, light wear to tips, 265 lightly browned pages, exterior page edges browned, light scratch at top front left. Good.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1979.
Price: US$14.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated Third Printing. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Gold Textured Paper Over One Quarter Black Cloth. Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Dyed Gold. Light Edge Wear. Rem. Mk. On The Upper Page Edges. The Unclipped Jacket Has Light Wear And A Crease To The Lower Corner Of The Back Flap. Moderate Age Toning. No Ownership Information Present.
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First US ed, stated. Minor shelf wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible [FIRST EDITION]. Farrar , Straus and Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a stated first American edition novel by the author of Lord of the Flies.
Seller: Uncharted Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1979.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Second Printing. Very good hardback in a tanned jacket.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible.. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st ed. NY (Farrar Straus Giroux) 1979. Fine in dust wrapper.
Seller: ATGBooks, St Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in fine, faintly rubbed dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William.. Darkness Visible.. New York, Farrar Straus Giroux. 1979., 1979.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Second printing. Hardcover. Light remainder slash on top edge, which is also slightly foxed, o/w fine in like dustjacket.
Seller: Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australia
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, 1979.
Price: US$15.08 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 141 mm X 208 mm. 265 pages. Fourth Printing.
Seller: Librairie Le Nord, Hearst, ON, Canada
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$15.75 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Second printing as stated on copyright page. In original, unclipped, dust jacket in mylar. Yellow boards, black spine, gilded lettering on spine, and front a little warped, otherwise fine+. Interior is clean and clear.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$15.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$15.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$15.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third prinitng; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages completely free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket in Very Good condition, gently edge-worn, now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; An excellent copy; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.95
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book and dust jacket are quite nice, with book having just slight discoloration to foredge. A very nice copy--tight, bright and clean. First American edition stated. Original price ($10.95) intact on front flap. At the height of the London blitz, a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved yet hideously scarred, tormented at school and at work, Matty becomes a wanderer, a seeker after some unknown redemption. Two more lost children await him: twins as exquisite as they are loveless. Toni dabbles in political violence, Sophy in sexual tyranny. As Golding weaves their destinies together, as he draws them toward a final conflagration, his book lights up both the inner and outer darknesses of our time. The reviews were outstanding. The Atlantic Monthly said "A brilliantly spooky novel . . . .Written with great insight and a surprising humor, it is a thorough pleasure to read," and The New York Times Book Review called it "A vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes. . . . [Golding] emerges like Merlin the wizard to cast a new spell . . . .Darkness Visible is magic".
Seller: Long Island Book Company, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar - Straus - Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$17.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A stated first American edition, 1979. William Golding's novel is the story of Matty, a boy who emerges from the London blitz with severe disfigurement of his face, despite which he develops into a person of selfless kindness. --- In gold paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling and gold topstain. Jacket features Russell Drysdale's "The Rainmaker" to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with a couple of mild black streaks to front cover. Unclipped jacket with a little creasing to extremities, else bright, inact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (12), 9-265 pages
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
Golding, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description:
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher: FSG, NY., 1979. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE+ dust-jacket. Price blacked out on inside cover. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. DARKNESS VISIBLE. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. dj, 1979.
Price: US$18.75 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First US printing. The story of Matty, who as a boy who survived the London blitz but oprphaned and horribly scarred - set apart from others by his disfigurement, his life is the result of "darkness visible." Very good in very good- dust jacket (price-clipped, some edgewear.)
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$19.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1979.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Stated First American Edition. Near FIne/Very Good. Clean yellow boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 265 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unfaded, with two closed edge tears (1" or less). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Fiction.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Small pen notation on front endpaper, near fine in near fine lightly edgeworn dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing. Front fly corner clipped, remainder mark, very good in a near fine lightly edgeworn dustwrapper. A novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Near fine with a little staining on the foredge, in a near fine dustwrapper with light wear at the top of the spine. A novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket, first American edition. 1979
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Printing. 265 pages. Published in 1979. The author's seventh novel. One of the finest English novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents William Golding's "Darkness Visible". An allegorical novel, published after a long, twelve-year-plus hiatus. The title comes, famously, from Milton's "Paradise Lost" ("No light, but rather darkness visible"), and now has pervasive currency as the literary reference for clinical depression. Golding's novel "opens during the London blitz, when a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. That child, Matty, becomes a wanderer and a seeker. Two more lost children await him, twins as exquisite as they are loveless. In a final conflagration, William Golding's book lights up both the inner and outer darkness of our time" (Publisher's blurb). A tour-de-force of a triumph (over his perennial writer's block following the monumental success of "Lord of The Flies" way back in 1954), it is "a vision of elemental reality so vivid we seem to hallucinate the scenes" (The New York Times). An absolute "must-have" title for William Golding collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. "Darkness Visible" is regarded by the late great Gore Vidal and Harold Bloom as a masterpiece. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. One of the greatest novelists of the 20th century. A fine copy. ISBN 0374135029.
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: (3d ptg.) Remainder mark at pages' top--light. DJ and book, Near Very Fine.
Seller: Callaghan Books South, New Port Richey, FL, U.S.A.
Golding,William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Description: A solid tight over-all clean copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil,a small staon to the top page edges and some light soil to the front board. The jacket has some light rubbing wear,minor edgewear.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. DARKNESS VISIBLE. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. dj, 1979.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First US printing. The story of Matty, who as a boy who survived the London blitz but orphaned and horribly scarred - set apart from others by his disfigurement, his life is the result of "darkness visible." 265 pp, Fine in near fine dust jacket. (small tear on spine of dj.)
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: FSG, 1979. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. By the author of the classic "Lord of the Flies" this novel centers on a disfigured young man. Tiny chips to the dust jacket at corners and head of spine. Near Fine in like dust jacket.
Seller: Vandello Books, Member IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Hardcover with Good dustjacket First American edition
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, NY, 1979.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 265. Vg in somewhaqt scuffed dj.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$25.20 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Very nice copy. Price intact jacket is bright and fresh. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. William Golding / Darkness Visible 1979. Farrar Straus, 1979.
Price: US$26.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ***Please Read*** very light wear on dj - No marks on text - My shelf location 14-E-11*
Seller: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, NY, 1979.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Description: HBDJ, 1979, stated 1st US Edition, VG+/VG+
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar-Straus-Giroux, NY, 1979.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: F/F Photo and Advance Slip Tipped In
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. DARKNESS VISIBLE. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. dj, 1979.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First US printing. The story of Matty, who as a boy who survived the London blitz but orphaned and horribly scarred - set apart from others by his disfigurement, his life is the result of "darkness visible." 265 pp, Very near fine in like dustjacket.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Once Upon A Crime, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. This 1979 Farrar, Straus & Giroux First Edition is in VG+/VG condition. This was Golding's first novel in twelve years. The HB looks like new with an embossed seal of the owner's initials on the first title page. Otherwise it is tight and clean. The DJ is intact but for a 2 mm tear on the upper left front. It is not price-clipped. An excellent copy.
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine soft cover. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Uncorrected proof.
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Printed wrappers. Light toning at the spine ends, near fine in an oversized, near fine dust jacket with slight toning, and a few tiny creases.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
GOLDING, WILLIAM. DARKNESS VISIBLE. NEW YORK NY FARRAR, STRAUS, AND GIROUX PUB 1979., 1979.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE BUT IS PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK . FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, NY, 1979.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 265 pgs., 8vo. Yellow paper sides, black spine, strong titling in gold. Fine jacket also. Remainder line on fore-edge, no other marks. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very good hardcover with Very Good dustjacket
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
GOLDING, WILLIAM. Darkness visible. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: First American edition, 8vo., fine in like jacket.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
GOLDING WILLIAM. DARKNESS VISIBLE. NEW YORK FARRAR STRAUS GIROUX, 1979.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Description: 1ST AMERICAN EDITION. SCARCE. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A VERY GOOD SELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP.
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Binding slightly cocked, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip and author photo laid in.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover with DJ. First edition, 4th printing 1979. A fine plus book in a like jacket. A clean fresh unmarked copy internally. 265pp
Seller: GoldBookShelf, Burlington, ON, Canada
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$50.39 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. Darkness Visible.. N.Y:Farrar Straus. 1979, 1979.
Price: US$56.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed.not read or opened.Hardcover. new-fine. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Near Fine first Printing of the First American Edition that has striped soiling to the boards in a Fine dust-jacket; Golding's Darkness Visible is a gripping, dark, and atmospheric novel that tells the story of a group of adolescent boys who are sent to a remote, partially-completed boys' boarding school by their father. The school is a dark, brooding, and dangerous place, and the boys quickly discover that it is also a place where the rules of society do not apply. The novel explores the themes of power, control, and the fear of the unknown.; 8vo; 265 pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
William Golding. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Sraus, Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, second printing, published in fair to poor unclipped jacket with a blemish across the top edge, edge worn and torn , scuffs and scratches. Very good yellow boards with black spine, sound binding , occasional spot of foxing, else very good internal condition.
Seller: Anne Godfrey, Pwllheli, United Kingdom
Golding, William.. Darkness Visible.. N.Y:not read or opened. 1979. Hardcover., 1979.
Price: US$66.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed.Farrar Straus. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Golding, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$66.37 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. One inch closed tear to front top panel. Price clipped. Stated first American edition.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Near Fine first Printing of the First Edition with a soil mark from a sticker on the front board in a mildly scuffed dust-jacket of Nearly Fine condition; Author of Lord of the Flies brings a new novel about Matty "Septimus" Windrave/Windrove/Windgrave who has been disfigured in a fire, who encounters others who match him in their darkness ; 8vo; 265 pages
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar. Straus. Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$76.16 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This story, by the author of ' Lord of the Flies', tells of Matty " Septimus " Windrave/Windrove/Windgrave, a miraculous survivor of the London Blitz, although a scarred and orphaned one. 265 pp. Bookseller's Inventory # 050491
Seller: Lower Beverley Better Books, Lyndhurst, ON, Canada
William Golding. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar Straus and Company, New York, 1979.
Price: US$84.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Scuffing to front and rear panels. Peeling to upper front and rear flaps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
William Golding. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$84.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Front panel stained. First American Edition stated. ; 8.10 X 5.50 X 1.10 inches; 265 pages.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
William Golding. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$84.95 + shipping
Description: Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A handsome first US edition/first printing in very Nearly Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Nameless protagonist wanders through a post-apocalyptic landscape, searching for a way to escape. He meets a group of survivors who help him find a way out but at a price.; 8vo
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: 1st American Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a small plain signature bookplate decal on half-title page (signature only). Hint of foxing to fore-edge. DJ lightly rubbed. $10.95 price intact on dj flap; mylar protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$93.77 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Golding, William. DARKNESS VISIBLE. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$94.23 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.95
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William.. Darkness Visible.. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$94.26 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof of the first U.S. edition. Wrappers. Fine.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979.
Price: US$94.63 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible (SIGNED). Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st American Edition/1st printing. SIGNED by author on front end page: "With best wishes, William Golding". Light glue residue on front DJ flap and pastedown. Some corner wrinkling to page 247. $10.95 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st US Printig hardcover of Golding's "The Pyramid"). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Daniel Montemarano, Newfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Darkness Visible. Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1979.
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Nice copy of first printing signed neatly by author on half-title with no inscription. Unmarked, tight and square. Small area along top edge of front pastedown with yellow, else fine. Crisp, unread copy. Price intact jacket is bright and fresh. Rare signed. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.