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Golding, William. Free Fall. Faber and Faber,, 1959.
Price: US$108.54 + shipping
Description: Hardback. 253pp. First edition. Dust jacket illustrated by Anthony Gross. Signed by the classicist Stephen Ryle to a family member and dated 1959. REd cloth with gilt titles to spine is very neat. Hint of sunning to very edges of cloth. Dust jacket is slightly faded and a little dusty with some short tears and creasing to the head of the dust jacket spine. Not price clipped. Very good copy in good dust jacket Very good copy in good dust jacket
Seller: C L Hawley (PBFA), Skipton, YORKS, United Kingdom
GOLDING, William.. Free Fall.. Faber and Faber, London., 1959.
Price: US$323.04 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 253 pages.Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper with a couple of nicks and a 1cm closed tear.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Golding, William. Free Fall. London; Faber & Faber; 1959;, 1959.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st ed; F/VG+ with very light edge wear and a small closed tear on back panel; SIGNED by author on front free endpaper.
Seller: Walt Barrie Rare Books, gleneden beach, OR, U.S.A.
Goulding, William. The Fall. Faber and Faber, 1959.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Faber and Faber, London,1959. First Edition. 253pp. Hardcover: VERY GOOD. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE. Clean leaves, bright lettering on spine, which is slightly pushed; minor toning and smudges to the text block. Wrapper is unclipped and bright, with modest wear. SIGNED and dated by the author. Golding's fourth novel, Free Fall is written in the first person and is a self-examination of fictional painter Samuel Mountjoy, who is held in a German POW camp during the Second World War.
Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Free Fall. Faber & Faber, 1959.
Price: US$535.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light edgewear and discoloration to dust jacket; light soiling to page edges; o/w VG+/VG+; signed by William Golding on a book plate that is attached to the front free end paper; pictures available upon request
Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.
Golding, William. Free Fall. Faber and Faber, London, 1959.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published in mcmlxvii" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy SIGNED by William Golding on the title page. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's 15 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. Free Fall. Faber and Faber, London, 1959.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published in mcmlix" printed on the copyright page. A beautiful copy SIGNED by William Golding on the title page. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's 15 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.