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GOLDING, William. THE LADDER AND THE TREE. Privately Printed; Marlborough College Press, 1961.
Price: US$2880.65 + shipping
Description: First and sole edition. Single quire. Original Cambridge blue stapled wrappers with black lettering. Staples slightly rusty, though less than usual, otherwise a fine copy. Woodblock frontispiece by J. Pritchard. By a long way Golding's scarcest work. "First printed in 'The Listener', this pamphlet was commissioned by E. G. H. Kempson, and executed by L. J. Randle (now printer at the Whittington Press - this being his first piece of printing). Mrs Kempson recalls that only 20 or 30 copies were printed, though John Randle suggests that the figure may have been closer to 100." - Gekoski & Grogan.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Ladder and the Tree. The Marlborough College Press, 1961.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William Golding on the page before the title page. A wonderful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's original paper binding. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED by the author housed in a custom slipcase.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William.. The Ladder and The Tree.. Privately Printed. Marlborough College Press, 1961.
Price: US$5761.31 + shipping
Description: First edition. SIGNED by Golding in full on half-title. With printed addressed postcard inserted, "From Sir William Golding, Faber & Faber Ltd., 3 Queen Square." The Faber and Faber with address has been crossed out by Golding and a house name written on top in his own hand. Written on the card is "Signature herewith - Yours WG". Wood-block frontis in b/w by J. Pritchard. Staples not rusted, a remarkably fine copy of a very scarce pamphlet. This work was first printed in "The Listener". One of the scarcest of Golding's works. Unusual to find a signed copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom