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William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$1.93 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Fading/scuffs to cover edges. Poor dustjacket with considerable staining/tanning/creases/scuffs. Foxing to textblock edges. Light tanning to pages. Text good.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Golding, William. THE SPIRE. Faber & Faber Ltd, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$3.84 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Faber & Faber Ltd, London 1964. 224pp pb spine & covers creased, rubbed & discoloured, pages browned, previous owner’s signature, good
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, United Kingdom
GOLDING, WILLIAM. The Spire. Faber and Faber 1964, 1964.
Price: US$5.47 + shipping
Description: Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
William Golding. Spire 1ST Edition. FABER & FABER UK January 1964, 1964.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: jacket in mylar
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber,, London, 1964.
Price: US$7.69 + shipping
Description: Hardback. 223p. Novel. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, labels and numbers etc. Good, sound, ex-library copy
Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA), Skipton, YORKS, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Faber & Faber, 1964.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Faber & Faber, London, 1964, Hardcover First Edition. Book Condition: unfortunate, very small & brief margin notes - mostly a few words, or page numbers to 11 pages -very tiny - (more photos available on request), spine lean, light shelf wear to bottom boards otherwise a tight very good plus copy. Dust jacket condition: slight wear to top/bottom at spine and edgewear at the top/bottom of the cover, light crease at edge of spine otherwise a Very Good copy - comes with a brodart protective removable cover.
Seller: Anthony Clark, Wolfville, NS, Canada
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$10.23 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1964. First Edition. 223 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial jacket over cloth. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine, with light soiling to DJ.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Novel about Salisbury Cathedral by author of Lord of the Flies. First printed edition by R. mac Lehose and Co. Ltd., University Press Glasgow. Excellent condition, ex-library markings. Brown boards, spine tight. 223 pages.
Seller: Joy of Books, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
GOLDING, WILLIAM. The Spire. faber and faber london 1964, 1964.
Price: US$12.16 + shipping
Description: first edition 223pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.dusty,minor bumps to extrems.,edges v.sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
GOLDING, WILLIAM. The Spire. Faber and Faber 1964, 1964.
Price: US$12.16 + shipping
Description: First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 223pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling, light creasing to edges, 2x3cm tape stain to front)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
GOLDING, WILLIAM. The Spire. faber and faber london 1964, 1964.
Price: US$12.16 + shipping
Description: first edition 223pp VG+ (purple cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,minor foxing to content edges,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lightly faded boards, silver titles to spine internally clean, unmarked. Solid reading copy. BP/Fiction
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber ( 1964 ), London, 1964.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo, 223 pages, charcoal grey cloth, a bit cocked; inked name of Roger Sharrock (?), a professor at the University of London A remarkable novel about the construction of the spire for the great Salisbury Cathedral, written by this Nobel Laureate for Literature, who lived nearby in North Salisbury. Jacket designed by John Piper. Salisbury Cathedral, Nobel Prize for Literature, william golding, roger sharrock
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$17.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 223 (1) pps. First Edition, 1964. Very light edge wear to dj with foxed top text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.25" x 7.5". Purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj (not price clipped) in acetate protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
William Golding. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo pp.223.
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition first printing of this stand alone novel. Light edge wear and on the front cover bottom outside corner there is a stain. Earlier owners name and date on the first free end page. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition. Language: eng 0.0
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Burgundy cloth, gilt lettering. Top edge off spine faded beneath jacket. Jacket by John Piper a little edge-worn, slightly soiled and water-stained on back cover.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.49 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1964. Golding's famous novel which presents a portrait of one man's possessed will, and of the towering folly he creates. Dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In dark-grey and yellow pictorial jacket (price-clipped). Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Jacket has a few minor marks. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED in VG jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Bagster, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Description: 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 223pp. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine lean
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire by William Golding. Faber & Faber, 1964.
Price: US$21.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. First Edition, A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Some chips to the jacket. Clothbound in purple. 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
William Golding. The Spire. Faber & Faber, 1964.
Price: US$22.44 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK Edition. Very Good or better hardcover in a like jacket. A couple of small marks on front of the jacket, rubbing to the rear panel, otherwise a bright, attractive sample. Orignal purple cloth, upper edge slightly dusty, a couple of small stains to foreedge, otherwise tight and clean. Ownership signature of author John Metcalf on FFEP.
Seller: Biblioasis, Windsor, ON, Canada
Golding, William. THE SPIRE first edition. London 1964, 1964.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Description: Faber and Faber. FIRST UK. Clipping about the hero taped to FFEP, small tracking dents in one area of cover,else, About NEAR FINE copy in very good jacket with lightly smudged jacket. jc-99 SAX
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
William Golding. The Spire. Faber, 1964.
Price: US$23.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1964. Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear. . . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Small clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 223 pp. Bit os staining to page edges. Lower cloth edges are shelfworn. A good copy in very good price-intact dustwrapper. A novel by the author of Free Fall.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Golding William. THE SPIRE, First Edition. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: wine cloth, gilt spine, 223 pages, light edge wear, very light soil to d.j., d.j. is NOT price-clipped. in protective mylar jacket. Size: 8 vo,.(19cm)
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber, 1964.
Price: US$36.39 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Burgundy coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by John Piper, with red and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. A dark portrait of one man's will, and, his demise as he chooses his own will over the will of God in the building of a 404 foot high spire. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the lower book edges and top book corners. Light tanning and foxing to the text block edges, with lighter age toning of the pages and faint foxing. Heavy foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book stop original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. A white coloured staying to the top text edge. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels and there is a small chip to the top back strip edge. Sunning of the back strip and rear panel with insect damage to the rear fold over crease. Sunning to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 223, [1] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: John Piper -- Dustwrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0289796.
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$36.88 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Very attractive illustrated dust-jacket designed by John Piper, some light discoloration to the white background on the back otherwise clean and bright, not price-clipped. Book bound in maroon cloth with a gilt title, clean bright and square. Internally also unmarked, unused, as new.
Seller: David's Bookshop, Letchworth BA, Letchworth Garden City, HERTS, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$37.15 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hard cover in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. Jacket design by John Piper. From the collection of W.L. Webb, the Guardian's literary editor for many years, ownership penned to FEP. General shelf and handling wear, incuding tanning, creasing and wear to cover, edges, corners and folds, chipping to spine head and foot. Light wear to boards, spine cocked. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content is unmarked. CN
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$37.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. 223 pp. First edition, first printing. Dustjacket design by John Piper. Some light edgewear, mild bruising to head and foot of spine; price-clipped dustjacket is edgeworn, particularly at head and foot of spine and flap hinges, age-toned and a bit soiled on back panel.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London:, 1964.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: maroon cloth w/ gilt lettering on spine; 223 pgs; illus dust jacket w/ 18s on front flap; printed in Great Britain. quotes by John Connell & Stevie Smith on rear flap, & by Arthur Koestler, John Davenport, Ian Gregor, Kingsley Amis & Peter Green on back cover. jacket design by John Piper. fine copy in near fine dust jacket w/ just minor rubbing at foot of spine; a handsome copy.
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William.. The Spire.. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 223 pp. 12mo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Ink ownership inscription; otherwise very near fine in a bright jacket with a few unobtrusive spots on the front panel and some very slight dust soiling to the rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
William Golding. The Spire. Faber & Faber, 1964.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK Edition; A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A handsome copy that shows minor rubbing to the spine ends, some light spotting to the exterior text block, and a previous owners signature to the front free end paper, else, a clean, bright, and tight copy. Housed in a near fine dust jacket that is crisp and vibrant, but does show minor rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; protected in a mylar cover. From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Lord of the Flies, The Spire is a dark and powerful portrait of one man's will, and the folly that he creates.
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA, Tomball, TX, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$49.63 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+/VG+. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, some spotting) in dustwrapper price-clipped, a little rubbed & marked); pp. 224 (last blank). A very good copy.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Golding. William,. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a rather nice copy of "The Spire". The dust wrapper shows signs of wear particularly to the edges of the spine and hinges aswell as the corners. There is some hand soil. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Jonathan P Vokes, Richmond, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber 1964, London, 1964.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. 223 pp. Original cloth in pictorial dust wrapper. Jacket design by John Piper. Minor spotting to jacket and book edges. Slight rubbing and bumping to book extremities. Internally clean. Jacket not price-clipped. Small 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. London; Faber;, 1964.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Near fine, a bit cocked and with an ex-libris label stuck onto the front endpaper and pencil annotations, in near fine dustjacket.
Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom
GOLDING, WILLIAM. The spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$54.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 223 pag
Seller: Von Meyenfeldt, Slaats & Sons, Breda, Netherlands
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$59.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. 223 pp. Edgewear and chafing to extremities of covers, head and tail of spine a bit bruised; dustjacket has some light soiling to back panel, wear to edges particularly at head (tape repair) and foot of spine, two tiny chips at foot of spine. Dustjacket design and illustration by John Piper.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$61.48 + shipping
Description: ||| First printing, small octavo, 224 pages; publisher's purple cloth, gilt-blocked titles on the spine; coloured dust-wrapper by John Piper. ||| CONDITION: Fore-edge with faint foxing spots, otherwise Fine; unclipped dust-wrapper. My pictures always show the actual book ||| SHIPPING: UK Second-Class postage is free
Seller: Philip Gibbons Books, Newcastle Emlyn, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1964.
Price: US$62.76 + shipping
Description: The first US edition of this novel by notable author William Golding. The first US edition, first printing of this novel by William Golding, preceded by the Faber and Faber UK edition published in the same year.The author ofLord of the Flies proposes a dark portrait of a man's obsessed will, and an evocation of the very feel and texture of the building which the will created against God's wishes. Confirming his status as a great writer, The Spire is a highly imaginative and original story, utilising stream of consciousness with an increasingly unreliable narrator.William Golding was the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983 and listed as one of the fifty greatest British writers since 1945 by The Times. He is best known for his novels Lord of the FliesandRites of Passage, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1980.With the price-clipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The dust wrapper is price clipped and sound with some shelf wear and minor chipping to the head of the spine and front wrap, only a faint sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: Faber & Faber 1964. First Edition first impression, VG+ with slight lean, some foxing to textblock and minor shelfwear in VG+ unclipped dustjacket with minimal chipping and creasing to edges. An attractive, tight copy which appears to be unread.
Seller: Blackbird First Editions, Bolton, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. THE SPIRE. London: Faber and Faber., 1964.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with titles in gilt at the spine, in the John Piper illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the extremities very lightly rubbed. The contents, with a tiny mark to the closed text block fore-edge and a bookplate on the front pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased original dustwrapper which has a tiny closed tear at the head of the spine. Not price-clipped (18s on the front flap). A stream-of-consciousness novel by the Nobel Prize winning author of 'Lord of the Flies'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
GOLDING WILLIAM. THE SPIRE. Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected Proof. Publishers Original Green Wrappers. Printed on front cover: "Uncorrected proof copy. Not for sale. Nor for review or serializaton without the publisher's permission. Publication date not yet settled." A VG copy. Many textual changes to the later first edition on pages 34, 39, 60 and 183.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
GOLDING WILLIAM. THE SPIRE. FABER AND FABER 1964, 1964.
Price: US$66.17 + shipping
Description: HB MAROON CLOTH COVERS LIGHTLY MARKED ABOUT VERY GOOD PP223 DW WORN ALONG CREASES VERY GOOD 8V0 JocelinÕs folly
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Golding, William. The Spire [1st Printing]. Faber and Faber, London, London, 1964.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing of the first British hardcover edition of the author's sixth book. A very pleasing copy with no marks by a previous owner or retailer. The bottom corner of the front board is bumped. Page edges are tanned, as is typical of UK publications. The exposed top page edges show mild foxing. The dust jacket is bright, crisp and price intact with minor wear to the heel and crown of the spine. The white edges and back panel of the jacket are uniformly tanned, and there are three small marks/scuffs just above the bottom edge of the back panel. Canadian orders will be charged GST.
Seller: SIGNAL BOOKS & ART, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Golding, William.. The Spire.. London: Faber and Faber, 1964., 1964.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Gilt-lettered plum cloth; contents excellent. Four-colour pictorial (window and spire) dust jacket designed by John Piper; tanned at margins, with very light dusting; tiny "ding" at centre front. A fine copy in near fine, price-clipped, dust jacket.
Seller: Wilfrid M. de Freitas - Bookseller, ABAC, Montreal, QC, Canada
GOLDING, William. THE SPIRE (Uncorrected Proof Copy). London Faber and Faber nd. [1964], 1964.
Price: US$74.29 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Softback with dark green card covers. 223pp. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. Slight tanning and creasing to spine, else a VERY GOOD COPY. (Shelf 130 PROOF) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$74.29 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover a little marked with extremities of spine slightly bumped; d/j a little shelf worn with top and bottom of spine worn and nicked; owners name and address on fep Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Faber & Faber, 1964. Near Fine copy of the First Edition of Golding's fifth novel . A Burgess 99 (IMHO, the best novel Golding wrote, save "Lord of the Flies."). Maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering, very bright and fresh. Clipped FFEP has a previous owner blindstamp. Unclipped DJ has a waterstain on the front panel and on the top of the rear panel. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ex, lib with some marks although very good overall, usual markings, slight compression of a couple of page, not text affected, Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$85.08 + shipping
Description: PON light soil. light wear.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Golding, William. THE SPIRE. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$86.25 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 223 pages. Purple cloth, gilt titles on spine. Colour pictorial DJ. FINE/VG+.
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Golding, William. THE SPIRE. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$86.85 + shipping
Description: Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner inscription. Three small inked in words to rear panel.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber London 1964, 1964.
Price: US$94.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 223pp., Very nice copy in like price-clipped dust jacket
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
GOLDING, William.. The Spire.. Faber and Faber, London., 1964.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. Octavo. 223 pages. Wrappers. A novel inspired (ha!) by Salisbury Cathedral.Covers a bit creased. Very good.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Spire. Faber, 1964.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Uncorrected proof copy. Near Fine in printed wrappers.
Seller: Kestrel Books and Gallery, Hereford, United Kingdom
GOLDING, WILLIAM.. The Spire.. London, Faber And Faber, (MCMLXIV, 1964)., 1964.
Price: US$99.25 + shipping
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. 223; original cloth, slightly chipped dustjacket, a very good copy.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Golding, William. The Spire. London; Faber& Faber; 1964;, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st ed,; One of Anthony Burgess' 99 best novels since 1939; VG/VG, own. insc.
Seller: Walt Barrie Rare Books, gleneden beach, OR, U.S.A.
Golding, William. THE SPIRE. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First edition. A novel about the construction of the 400-foot medieval stone spire (the world's tallest) of Salisbury Cathedral, a thirteenth-century masterpiece of early English architecture. A Burgess 99 novel. Gekoski and Grogan A8a. Slight spine lean, touch of foxing to top edge of text block, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some faint foxing to front panel. (#65702)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber, 1964.
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1964 Faber & faber Hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket.
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Faber & Faber, 1964.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Spire" by William Golding. Faber & Faber, London. 1964 first UK edition first printing. Book in very good condition, clean. In very good price-clipped first issue dust jacket
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition of William Golding's sixth novel, 'The Spire'. Utilising a stream of consciousness style, the book deals with the construction of a spire and its creator Dean Jocelin. As well as its style of writing, the novel is notable for its increasingly fallible narrator. In cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart, with only very light sheflwear. The dustwrapper has some very light markings and some rubbing. There is a small closed tear which has been repaired to front wrap. Internally, the book is firmly bound and the pages are bright and clean throughout. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$121.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover, first edition with unclipped dust jacket designed by John Piper. Light shelf and edgewear to jacket, slight rubbing to board edges. No other faults, clean throughout. AD
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$122.96 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A first edition copy of this historical work of fiction by William Golding, which follows the construction of a medieval cathedral, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This the a wonderful copy of William Golding's 'The Spire', first published in 1964, which is described as a 'dark and powerful portrait of one man's will'. This book follows the construction of a medieval cathedral, and seems to have been loosely inspired by the Salisbury Cathedral.William Golding (1911-1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, particularly known for works such as 'Lord of the Flies', as well as 'To the Ends of the Earth'. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults other than the lightest of fading along the edges of boards. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minimal edge wear and just a bit of light age-toning to the top edge of wraps, particularly to the fly leaves and reverse, as well as along the spine region of reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very clean throughout, with light age-toning to pages which does not affect the text. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire: a novel. Faber and Faber, London, UK, 1964.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 223 pp, ffep inked prev owner's name & month year. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, covers crisp with letters intact, in illustrated DJ 5.1" x 7.5" brown cloth with gilt spine letters. Unclipped DJ, in protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William.. The Spire.. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 223 pp. 12mo, publisher's printed wrappers. First edition; uncorrected proof copy. Staple nearly removed from front wrapper; else a very good copy with a few minor wrinkles and some slight browning.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
GOLDING, WILLIAM.. THE SPIRE. FABER AND FABER, London, United Kingdom, 1964.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description:
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire *****UK HB 1.1*****. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$128.07 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: first u.k hardback printing- Fine jacket- not price cut 18s net. Book near fine- slight softening spine ends- contents fine - no inscriptions- very nice copy of this book p
Seller: BRITOBOOKS, isle of man, United Kingdom
GOLDING William.. The Spire.. London: Faber and Faber, 1964, 1964.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression. Set in 14th-century England, the novel "uses the construction of a cathedral spire to dramatize the tragic consequences of a disturbingly ambivalent religious vision" (ODNB). Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine ends lightly bumped, edges foxed. A very good copy in like jacket, a little rubbed and toned at extremities and folds, couple of small marks, nick at head of spine panel.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
William Golding.. The Spire.. Faber and Faber., London., 1964.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition. 223 pages. with the striking wrapper designed by John Piper.Maroon cloth boards, jacket has price of 18/- small inscription in pencil to top corner of endpaper, title page & half title have a small area of spotting as do the page edges along top. also rear of the wrapper has some browning to edge. The overall feel and look is Near fine, but with these small imperfections.
Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Spire. London: Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Octavo. Bound in burgundy cloth covered hard boards and in the original price clipped dust jacket. Near Fine condition book in Near Fine jacket.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
GOLDING William. The Spire. , 1964.
Price: US$138.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Faber and Faber. A near fine copy, with very light edge-wear to tail of dust jacket spine.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$140.90 + shipping
Description: The first edition of this popular novel from William Golding, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from Nobel Prize for Literature winning author William Goldman, best known for 1954s 'The Lord of the Flies'. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper, designed by Jack Piper.Following the central character's dream of constructing a 404-foot-high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral, and using a stream of consciousness narrative to follow the increasingly fallible narrators demise as he chooses to follow his own will over the will of God.Celebrated upon publication, and reviewed by Frank Kermode in the New York Review of Books as 'an entire original. remote from the mainstream, potent, severe, even forbidding'.With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper, and instances of ink notations to margins of three pages, not affecting the text. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Minor shelf wear to back strip head and tail, with cloth clean and bright. Minor edge wear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with one small chip to back strip head. Rear wrap a touch age tone, with one small area of spotting. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Ink notations to pages 36, 83, and 89, not affecting text. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Slightly cocked with some edgewear else about near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with toning and creasing. A *Burgess 99* title.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. London Faber and Faber Limited 1964, 1964.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, first impression. Publisher's dark reddish-purple boards with gilt lettering to spine. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket. Octavo. pp. 224. Published on 10th April 1964 in an edition of 15,326 copies, at 18/-, colonial copies 9/-, of which 14,326 were bound. Jacket design by John Piper. A book in Near Fine condition, with a spine lean, in a Fine dust-jacket which is not price-clipped. Gekoski and Grogan A8(a)
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
William Golding. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An excellent first edition copy of this popular novel by renowned author William Golding, in its original and unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition by the renowned author William Golding, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983 and listed as one of the fifty greatest British writers since 1945 by The Times. He is best known for his novels Lord of the Flies andRites of Passage, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1980.This novel is another masterpiece by this author: an evocation of a totally obsessed or possessed will, and of the very feel and texture of the building which the will created. Confirming his status as a great writer,The Spire is a highly imaginative and original story that one should not miss.In the original, unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's maroon cloth binding, with titles in gilt t spine. Externally very smart with only minor shelfwear and minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front free endpaper, dated 1964. The dustwrapper is excellent and unclipped with only minor shelfwear and sunning to spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William.. The Spire.. Faber and Faber, London., 1964.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 223 pages. A novel inspired (ha!) by Salisbury Cathedral.Ownership signature on front free endpaper and a bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper, designed by John Piper, a bit rubbed at the edges.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Original maroon cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing to corners and a little colour transfer to spine panel verso. An excellent copy.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Golding (William). The Spire.. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$224.15 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, a few faint spots to prelims and closing pages, pp. 223, crown 8vo, original purple cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, lean to spine, edges and endpapers lightly spotted, dustjacket by John Piper, lightly dustsoiled with a few faint spots, rubbed and a little chipped at extremities, good. The copy of Harold Wilson, who began his first term as Prime Minister in the year that this book was published. (Gekoski & Grogan A8a)
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. A bit of soiling on the spine, else near fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first published. Clipped DJ in archival cover price clipped.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small octavo, 223pp. Green paperback, title in black on spine. Stated "uncorrected proof copy" on front cover, with no date printed in text. Solid text block, unopened pages, a near fine example. Edges of text block have some wear, one small puncture to front cover, faint toning to top edge. A rare edition of this popular author's writing. William Golding (1911-1993) was a famous British writer, best known for his first novel Lord of the Flies.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: GOLDING, William [223] pp. Faber and Faber 1964 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" Jacket design by John Piper The Spire is a 1964 novel by English author William Golding. "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of a 404-foot-high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral, the vision of the fictional Dean Jocelin. In the novel, Golding utilises stream-of-consciousness writing with an omniscient but increasingly fallible narrator to show Jocelin's demise as he chooses to follow his own will as opposed to the will of God.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
GOLDING, William. THE SPIRE. London: Faber and Faber., 1964.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue card covers printed in black, in the proof state John Piper illustrated dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a staple puncture (staple no longer present) and the publication month and price "April 18/-" in blue ink to the upper cover, a name and address (presumably the proof reader) in pencil to the rear cover. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with what we presume to be the proof or trial state dustwrapper that differs from the published version in the absence of the red titles to the upper panel. The dustwrapper is in very good condition with a closed tear to the lower spine fold and small nicks to the extremities. There is a partial blind stamp to the edge of the lower flap. Not price-clipped (18s net to the lower front flap). Scarce in this form. Signed by William Golding in blue ink on the front panel of the dustwrapper. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$260.00 + shipping
Description: Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Fine.
Seller: Biblioctopus, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Golding, William.. The Spire SIGNED COPY. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Not price clipped and without inscriptions, First Printing in protected wrapper. SIGNED bookplate without dedication loose in book.
Seller: Surprise Books PBFA, Stroud Glos, United Kingdom
GOLDING William. THE SPIRE. Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1964.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: Hb in Dw 223pp SIGNED BOOKPLATE inserted to title page To Tony Chance from William Golding. Minor spotting to fore edges o/w A FINE/FINE Copy priced at 18s net
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published in mcmlxiv" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy SIGNED by William Golding on the front free endpaper. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's 18 s net printed price present on the front flap with minor wear the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber and Faber, 1964.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Slighest of wear and soiling dust jacket with price intact; page edges foxed; o/w NF/NF; signed by William Golding on a book plate that is attached to the front free end paper
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire.. Faber & Faber, London, 1964.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: First British edition. Octavo, original cloth.Signed by William Golding on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing. A very bright copy. "A most remarkable book, as unforeseeable as one foresaw, an entire original. remote from the mainstream, potent, severe, even forbidding" (Frank Kermode, New York Review of Books).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. The Spire. Faber, 1964.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed in Greek by Golding, Sto Piraeus . Piraeus is the port town on the outskirts of Athens where The author visited many times on his numerous excursions to Greece. A very good copy in a worn and dirtied jacket. Owners name and date 1964 above the short inscription which is dated 12/5/65.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.