William Golding

Lord of the Flies

Faber

1954

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Description

A first edition, first printing of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

  • William Golding (English).
  • London: Faber, 1954.
  • Accompanied by the rare wrap-around band.
  • White titles on red cloth, in clipped wrapper.


Faber produced the E. M. Forster’s choice band after the first copies had sold out (before being reprinted). Such bands are scarce now and not mentioned in the bibliography.

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A little mottling to the spine.

Wrapper with some light internal reinforcement to the spine.

The spine is, unusually, not browned.

A little wear to the extremities.

Feature(s)

First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Novels, Modern first editions, Literature, English literature and history, Fiction, Specialist Selections, Young Adult

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