Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
William Golding. Lord of the flies. Faber & Faber, 1954.
Price: US$4.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Petite(s) trace(s) de pliure sur la couverture. Salissures sur la tranche. Couverture différente. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de ce livre à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Slightly creased cover. Soiling on the side. Different cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.
Seller: Ammareal, Morangis, France
William Golding. Lord of the flies. Faber & Faber, 1954.
Price: US$4.40 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Couverture différente. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de ce livre à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Different cover. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.
Seller: Ammareal, Morangis, France
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, 1954.
Price: US$5.57 + shipping
Description: Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, 1954.
Price: US$5.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean, tight copy. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber & Faber, 1954.
Price: US$17.95 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Special order item direct from the distributor
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
William Golding. Facsimile Dust Jacket ONLY Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, London, 1954.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: For sale is a brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket for the 1st Edition of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. No book is included in this listing, however we may have the original book available for sale in our store under a different listing. Please view our other facsimile dust jackets being offered for sale. All jackets come in a brand new brodart mylar protective sleeve. We offer the highest quality and least expensive facsimile (reproduction) dust jackets currently available anywhere. Our jackets are beautifully crafted by a graphic design expert. These dust jackets are offered for research, archival, and preservation purposes. All jackets are labeled as facsimiles on the front or rear flap. Funding to be used for future acquisition and preservation of dust jacket art.
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. Lord of the Flies.. Faber and Faber, London,1971. Eleventh impression., 1954.
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good (-) in Very Good (-) Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover. With previous owner's notes laid in. No owner's markings. Small chips to DJ.
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Golding, William. LORD OF THE FLIES. Faber and Faber, London, 1954.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case (Book not included). No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] LORD OF THE FLIES design, raised across three panels inspired by the first edition outstanding graphic cover & is finished inside & out in elegant Black Nuba®, a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over a hundred cornerstone generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included. Custom Clamshell Case (Book not included).
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
GOLDING, William.. LORD OF THE FLIES.. Faber And Faber,, London,, 1954.
Price: US$359.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition.m Second Impression. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 248. Rebound in half red leather,gilt patterned boards, lettered gilt at the spine with 5 raised bands gilt lined and decorated. A very attractive copy. First edition.m Second impression. Very good indeed.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber & Faber, 1954.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, eleventh impression (1971). Near Fine: tight and square binding in sharp red cloth, lettered in white to the backstrip; faint foxing/tanning to the top-edge of the page block (only); perhaps a dozen tiny spots to the fore-edge, else excellent - presents as unread. The publisher-clipped-and-repriced dustwrapper is likewise Near Fine: crisp and vibrant; a trace of dustiness to the extremities, but none of the customary fading or toning; 3mm closed tear to the top of the front flap fold; minor wrinkling to the head of the spine; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber & Faber, London UK, 1954.
Price: US$1283.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Original cloth. Spine sunned. Wear at spine ends. Slight lean. Soiling to covers. Professionally recased with close matching new endpapers. A few spots to blank front free end paper and last page. Crease to top corner of p137/8 and p197/8. 12mo. 248pp. 328g.
Seller: Begging Bowl Books, Lincoln, United Kingdom
William Golding. Lord Of The Flies. Faber and Faber, London, 1954, 1954.
Price: US$1604.08 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing no dustwrapper Original publisher's red cloth, clear white titles to the spine. G+, (edges dusty and some spotting, light foxing to endpapers, slight spine lean, fading to the spine, slight discolouration to boards ) otherwise clean and bright internally (NO ink marks or writing) Overall a pleasing example of this cornerstone of 20th c. literature. 13658
Seller: Holybourne Rare Books ABA ILAB, Alton, United Kingdom
William Golding. Lord of The Flies. Faber & Faber, 1954.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Faber & Faber London, 1960. Fifth impression of first edition of 1954. SIGNED DIRECTLY ON FRONT PAGE by Golding (NOT ON A "STICKER" OR ADDED "CLIP"). Dustwrapper identical in appearance to first edition. Book in NEAR FINE condition, clean pages, no writings except author's inscription, tight and square, minor bumps to lower tips of covers, unfaded spine. Dustwrapper with original price present on front flap, minor wear/chips to spine edges, otherwise whole and vibrant. Pictures on request. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. $2,000
Seller: E. B. Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, London, 1954.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with spine lettered in white; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with lean to spine, uneven fading to cloth and fraying at corners and spine ends, bottom corners bumped. Former owner name and tiny appendage removal to front free endpaper, erased pencil notations and binder's error to bottom edge of rear pastedown.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber, UK, 1954.
Price: US$2245.71 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 2nd Imp 1954. Same format, jacket design as the 1st Edition and published in the same year as the 1st Edition. Includes the very rare wrap around belly band. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. A bright example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16944
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber & Faber, 1954.
Price: US$2245.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1954 Faber & Faber Hardback 1st edition 2nd impression. Very good+ clean tight binding, red cloth boards, in very good unclipped dustjacket. Dustjacket has had 3 repairs to close tears over time as shown. A clean bright copy, no marks or inscriptions.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies - Signed. Faber & Faber (London), 1954.
Price: US$2350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Faber & Faber (London) 1954 First Edition, Fifth Printing (1960). VERY GOOD in red boards with white titles (slight lean to the spine, light age toning to the end pages, small previous owner name on the top right edge of the front free end paper) in a VERY GOOD DW (slight darkening, light soiling, light rubbing to the flap folds and spine). Not price clipped. SIGNED BY GOLDING on a tipped in leaf to the title page.
Seller: Chris Grobel, Arlington, TX, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William.. Lord of the Flies.. London: Faber and Faber, 1954, 1954.
Price: US$3528.98 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, of Golding's first and best known novel, handsomely bound. Golding had great difficulties in finding a publisher, and even when he succeeded, the initial print run of 3,040 copies sold slowly. However, based on enthusiastic reviews and word of mouth, sales picked up, and the work is now regarded as one of the outstanding achievements of 20th-century British literature, a perennial choice in critics' lists of the greatest novels of all time. In 1955 The New Times recognized the book as "superbly written", and described it as "an allegory on human society today. with undertones of 1984 and High Wind in Jamaica, this brilliant work is a frightening parody of man's return to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge" (Stern). Gekoski & Grogan A2(a). James Stern, "English Schoolboys in the Jungle", The New York Times Book Review, 1955. Octavo (181 x 116 mm). Recent red morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine lettered in gilt, compartments and covers ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
William Golding. LORD OF THE FLIES. First Edition. 1954.. Faber and Faber LTD, 1954.
Price: US$4132.75 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: LORD OF THE FLIES. William Golding. First Edition, 1954.// Hard cover with dust jacket and advertising banner. Very good condition. 13 x 19,5 cm / 248 Pages.
Seller: Rayo Rojo, Buenos Aires, BUE, Argentina
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. A Novel. Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1954.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. 248 pp. 8vo. An attractively bound first edition of Golding's classic novel. A beautiful gift copy of this literary classic with a storied history. It was originally rejected by an in-house reader at Faber as "Rubbish & dull," before being picked up by another editor there, Charles Monteith, who helped Golding reshape the novel. The first printing of 3,000 copies sold slowly until E.M. Forster chose it as his outstanding novel of the year. Considered a great parable of the modern human condition, it has since become a staple of best novel lists and educational reading lists, and has sold more than ten million copies. Brown morocco boards with gilt lettering on spine, gilt bands, teg, original cloth spine bound in at rear; a near fine and very handsome copy
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber Ltd, London UK, 1954.
Price: US$8020.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Lord of the Flies by William Golding. 1st edition.Faber and Faber Ltd, London 1954. With a professionally repaired dust jacket and a book in good condition.Original red cloth boards with white lettering on the spine. Slight lean to the book. The boards have a stain across the lower edges of the covers which extends to the edges of the pages and very lightly onto some of the pages. The boards have mild fading of the edges. Signature on the front free page dated 1962. The contents are clean and lightly toned. The professionally repaired dust jacket is not price clipped, marked 12s 6d. The jacket is clean and bright. 8vo 248pp.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William.. Lord of the Flies.. London: Faber and Faber, 1954, 1954.
Price: US$9624.49 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. Golding had great difficulties in finding a publisher for this, his first novel, and the initial print run of 3,040 copies sold slowly. It is now regarded as one of the outstanding achievements of 20th-century British literature and is a perennial choice in lists of the greatest novels of all time. This copy has an appropriate ownership inscription. A certain David Wainwright has signed and dated the book in the year following publication. As an alumni of Highgate School, he has noted "in memoriam: School House, 1945-46." and, therefore, perhaps acknowledges potential savagery under the surface of his former fellow pupils. Gekoski & Grogan A2(a). Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in white. With dust jacket. Spine very slightly sunned and with minor leaning; unclipped jacket worn at head and foot of spine with some loss, spine rubbed, some toning, other minor nicks and tears: a very good copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber, 1954.
Price: US$10266.12 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Golding, William, Lord of the Flies, 1st ed 1st imp in DJ. DJ has small amount chipping top and tail of spine, slight darkening to spine.Not price cipped, 12/6. Volume had very light foxing front endpaper, slight lean o/w in clean sound state. Images on request.
Seller: Doug Leitch, Hovebooks, Hove, Sussex, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1954.
Price: US$10500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing in first state jacket priced at 12s 6d net. 248pp. Original red cloth with white spine lettering. Very Good with stains and slight bowing to boards, light foxing to edges, in original dust jacket with some offsetting from tape on verso and flaps, still Near Fine, having very subtle toning to spine panel, barely any edge wear, unclipped and unrestored. The author's first book, a post-apocalyptic novel of boys on a remote island descending into barbarity. Scarce in its British first edition in a presentable original dust jacket.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, 1954.
Price: US$13000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A lean to the spine, and a bit of toning to the extremities of the boards. Otherwise, a near fine copy. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket, with some shelf-wear, rubbing, and nicks. A 1.5 inch closed tear at the foot of the spine panel. An attractive, unrestored example. Goldings first novel, and one of the most recognizable works in all of fiction.
Seller: Canton Books, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAM GOLDING. LORD OF THE FLIES. FABER AND FABER, 1954.
Price: US$16995.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing: Fine/Near Fine. Beautiful bright near fine plus condition clean book with a magnificent near fine vibrant original unclipped dust jacket. A superb copy of this book with stunning ruby red cloth boards with sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. Strong, unfaded white titles to the spine. The end papers have one delicate scripted owner name and date of 1954 (in the year of publication), and otherwise are in perfect condition, with no bookplates and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat, internally appearing as fresh and unread but very faint foxing to the end papers. This original First Issue Dust Jacket with the summary of “Lord of the Flies” on the front flap, (later editions were changed to blurbs), is bright and vibrant in color and received only a tiny touch of restoration to the upper tip of the jacket spine. The jacket presents in magnificent near fine/fine condition and withOUT any of the typical discoloratin or sunning to the spine. The dust jacket maintains the strong vibrant colors with no other rips, no chips, no edgewear, no fading, no foxing and no stains. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and is priced 12s 6d net. A stunning dust jacket, scarce in this condition. Originally published in 1954, The Lord of the Flies was named to Modern Library’s 100 Greatest Novels List of the twentieth century. In the early 1960s cultural commentators noted that Lord of the Flies was replacing Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye as the bible of the American adolescent. Since then, this masterpiece has established itself as a modern classic. “This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man’s return to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality. Lord of the Flies does. It must also be superbly written. It is” (The New York Times Book Review). A very handsome copy of this scarce title in superb condition. Presents extremely well on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark classics.
Seller: Meier And Sons Rare Books, New Canaan, CT, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, London, 1954.
Price: US$17500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: An extremely rare advance proof copy of the first edition. According to Quill and Brush's 2007 Author Price Guide, Faber produced perhaps ten copies in this format and according to bookseller Ken Lopez noting in 1998, there were four known extant copies. Though it's possible since 1998 a copy or so may have surfaced, the number of extant copies would still range between four and below about ten. That being said, none have appeared in auction records as far as we can deduce, and this format remains truly scarce.Bound in publisher's buff wraps printed in black, utilizing a paper stock which differs from that used in the published edition.Very Good with lean to binding, wear, light foxing, soiling and light sunning to wraps with light loss at spine ends, pages toned. Ink notation to front cover and rubber stamp "keeping" to first sheet. A rare advance format of a major novel in 20th Century literature.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$19248.98 + shipping
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Faber in 1954. A fine book with just a little toning to the pages. White titles on red cloth very clear and bright. No inscriptions. In a very good clipped wrapper with some light internal reinforcement to the spine. Spine browned, with a little wear to the extremities. Accompanied by the rare wrap-around band. In a custom-made clamshell box with titles. E. M Forster's own copy, with his book label. Much of Forster's library was sold when the author moved from his family home at West Hackhurst in Abinger Hammer, Surrey in 1946. After taking residence in Kings College Cambridge (with a much reduced library), he continued to give books away as he acquired new ones. Most of his final was sold in 1971 by Heffer and Sons. There were many first edition copies in this, but not this particular copy. Forster was pivotal to the success of 'Lord of the Flies', talking Faber into taking on the unknown writer. It was slow to sell, but with Forster's naming it 'outstanding novel of the year', the book has since gone on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide. Faber produced the E. M. Forster's choice band after the first copies had sold out (before being reprinted). Such bands are scarce now and not mentioned in the bibliography. Accompanying the book is an original hand-written letter from Golding to a Mr Heffner in response to a letter from Heffner. Dated 2nd January 1968, the letter (rather delightfully) reads, 'Dear Mr Heffner, Lord Of The Flies went to a number of publishers before Faber took it. I can't remember how man. I've had no similar trouble since, Yours Sincerely, William Golding'. A superb association and a beautiful letter making a rare package for the Golding collector.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1954.
Price: US$27500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published mcmliv" printed on the copyright page with NO indication of later printings. A spectacular copy SIGNED by William Golding on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket with the summary of "Lord of the Flies" on the front flap, later changed to blurbs is rich in color with slight wear to the edges. The book is in fabulous shape and is one of the rare publishers trial binding bound in blue color, that the publisher changed to Red color. The blue binding is far more scarce than the red binding. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A stunning copy, with an incredible untouched dustjacket in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1954.
Price: US$30000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William Golding. This inscription reads "For John Dalton with best wishes William Golding. John Dalton was a freelance UK journalist whose career spanned the mid-twentieth century. A wonderful copy. This First Issue dustjacket with the summary of "Lord of the Flies" printed on the front flap later changed to blurbs on later dustjackets is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. This ORIGINAL sophisticated dustjacket has the publisher's 12S 6d net printed price present on the front flap. The book is in fantastic shape and is bound in the publisher's Red Cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author on the page before the title page. We buy SIGNED Golding First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, London, 1954.
Price: US$48000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. An advance presentation copy inscribed by William Golding to his next-door neighbors and dated ten days before publication, reading "To Mr and Mrs Nelles with the author's regards 7/9/54" with his name not signed. Bound in original red cloth with titles in white on spine. Near Fine with slight fading to cloth, bleeding to edges of front paste down and several tiny spots to textblock edge. In a Very Good or better unclipped dust jacket with light bleeding from cloth to blindside, light waviness to front panel, light edge wear, short tear at bottom of front spine joint and two short splits to rear spine joint. An allegorical tale of children stranded on a coral island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves. It was Golding's first novel, who was a middle-aged school teacher when he wrote it. After reading an unrealistic story of stranded youth, he commented to his wife he could do better. He drew upon on his experience as a school teacher, and at one point even divided the children into two groups and told them to fight each other and observed. The manuscript was rejected by many publishers, and even the book's publisher Faber and Faber initially rejected it as well. A lovely association copy from a then-unknown British school teacher on the cusp of becoming a major novelist, inscribing a copy of his soon-to-be published book to his next-door neighbors. The novel would become a titan of twentieth-century literature and would be named as one of the Modern Library 100 Best Novels, ranked number 41 on the editor's list and 25 by readers. In 1983, Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today."
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.