Golding, William. THE SCORPION GOD. THREE SHORT NOVELS. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1972.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First US edition, first prnt. Review Copy with the publisher's slip laid-in. Signed by Golding on the half-title page. One board corner lightly tapped; dustjacket with tiny crease at spine bottom edge; otherwise a bright, tight copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Golding's only collection. Three novellas set in the ancient past. "The Scorpion God" in Ancient Egypt, "Clonk Clonk" in pre-historic Africa, and "Envoy Extraordinary" in Ancient Rome. The later was previously published in 1956. "The Scorpion God" had been begun in 1964 but abandoned.

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