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William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber & Faber, 1955.
Price: US$150.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. Third Impression. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. A few dog-eared corners with slight marks. Text block edges slightly nicked and scratched. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Spine visibly sunned and foxed. Book has a forward lean. Visible wear marks, slight stains and blotchiness to boards. A small droplet mark to front.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Golding, William:. The Inheritors. Ldn: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1955., 1955.
Price: US$205.82 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Author's second novel after "Lord of the Flies", a vivid and exciting evocation of the world before history, of man's predecessors and of man's entry into his inheritance. French blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, top edges a little dusty. Complete with non p/c pictorial dustwrapper with a little rubbing to corners and creasing to spine ends. Slight browning to spine and wrapper flyleaf. Internally very tight and clean with no markings. Overall VG/VG. 8vo. 233pp.
Seller: Bookstand, Poole, United Kingdom
William Golding. Lord Of the Flies Dust Jacket Only. Faber, 1955.
Price: US$212.25 + shipping
Description: Lord Of the Flies by William Golding Dust Jacket Only Third Impression Faber 1955. Age toning and vertically creased to spine. Not price clipped. Near VG.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Inheritors. Faber and Faber, London, 1955.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. 12mo (19cm). Original blue cloth, with pictorial dust jacket; plain endpapers; [viii], 11-233pp; publisher's blurbs to rear flap. Sound, lightly cocked, lower front board gently bent, lower f.f.e.p. crinkled, minor dampstain to extreme margin of rear f.e.p., else clean: Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 12s 6d), moderately faded, rubbed and toned at edges with a few short tears, splits along spine folds neatly stabilized with archival tape, dampstaining to lower edge, but largely whole: Good. Golding's second novel after Lord of the Flies, dealing with the extinction of one of the last tribes of Neanderthals.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
William Golding. The Inheritors. Faber, 1955.
Price: US$321.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue Cloth, gilt titles to spine. Binding square and firm; minor creasing to bottom of spine; two very minor stains to fore edge text block; contents very clean. 8vo 233pp; blank end papers. Jacket has minor wear to extremities and small, closed tear to front top; slight stain to front and small mark on rear; coloured illustrations by Anthony Gross bright and rich in colour with no discernible tanning. Armorial book plate of Alexander Lord hesketh (of racing car fame) on front pasture down. Jacket is protected in Brodart sleeve; book and jacket present very well. Authors second book after Lord of the Flies and supposedly his favourite. A compelling and haunting tale of human evolution written with incredible ingenuity.
Seller: Amos Drake Rare Books, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$324.09 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 247 S. 1st ed., 3rd. impr. 1955. Clothbound with lettered white on spine, no dust jacket. Spine slightly discoloured, page edges slightly darkened, otherwise in very good condition. Signature stamp of prev. owner on fixed endpaper. + + + Originalleineneinband mit weißrepr. Rückenbetitelung, ohne Schutzumschlag. Einbandrücken etwas aufgehellt, Schnitt dezent nachgedunkelt, sonst sauber und gepflegt. Kleiner privater Signatur-Stempel a. Spiegel. Werktäglicher Versand. Jede Lieferung m. ordentl. Rechnung und ausgew. MwSt. Der Versand erfolgt als Büchersendung / Einschreiben mit der Deutschen Post bzw. als Päckchen / Paket mit DHL. Die Lieferzeit ist abhängig von der Versandart und beträgt innerhalb Deutschlands 3-5 Tage, in der EU 5 - 12 Tage. KEIN Versand an Packstationen. Körperschaften und juristische Personen werden auf Wunsch per offener Rechnung beliefert. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 220
Seller: Licus Media, Utting a. Ammersee, Germany
GOLDING, WILLIAM. LORD OF THE FLIES. FABER & FABER, LONDON, 1955.
Price: US$643.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BOUND IN CRISP, RED CLOTH WITH BRIGHT, WHITE TITLES TO SPINE, THIS HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION IS VG IN VG JACKET(UNCLIPPED). 248pp WITH 12 CHAPTERS AND CLEAN ENDPAPERS, REALLY SHARPLY CORNERED, CRISP PRESENTATION, DESERVING OF FINE CATEGORY, APART FROM RUBBER STAMP ALREADY MENTIONED AND SLIGHT SUNNING IN BAND ONE INCH WIDE AGAINST FORE-EDGE OF FRONT BOARD (WILL SHOW ON PHOTO). JACKET HAS 1/16" LOSS AT TOP OF SPINE. IN GENERAL CONDITION VG/VG
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom
Golding, William. LORD OF THE FLIES. Faber and Faber, London, 1955.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, 248 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine tan with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "12s 6d net". Minor shelf wear. Sun fading and some soiling to dust jacket. Some chipping along edges. Sticker of previous bookseller on front pastedown, and previous owner's signature of front free endpaper. Interior pages clean. Shelved in Case 13. 1371283. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
WILLIAM GOLDING. LORD OF THE FLIES. FABER & FABER, LONDON, 1955.
Price: US$1086.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THIRD IMPRESSION OF THE FIRST EDITION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH THE ORIGINAL UNPRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKET, HALF TITLE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 X 5 INCHES WITH 248 PAGES. SOME LIGHT RUBBING TO EDGES OF JACKET WITH A COUPLE OF MINOR CHIPS & MINOR CREASES TO EDGES ALONG TOP EDGE OF JACKET, VERY LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR CREASE TO PAGES. OVERALL IN VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION WITH NO MAJOR FAULTS & CLEAN INTERNALLY. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY WRINKLES OR REFLECTIONS SHOWN IN IMAGES OF DUST JACKET ARE ON THE SURFACE OF THE REMOVABLE PROTECT COVERING. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom