William Golding
Lord of the Flies First Edition
Faber and Faber Ltd.
1954
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True first edition, first printing of the classic novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
- William Golding (English).
- London: Faber and Faber Ltd, (1954).
- 248 pages.
- Original red cloth, in original unclipped (12s 6d, with summary on front flap) first issue color pictorial jacket.
Frequently challenged for its portrayals of violence and grim assessment of human nature, Lord of the Flies remains a classic — if psychologically dark — young adult novel. It is also a reflection of the post-World War II white British mindset, as the boys use racial slurs and stereotypes as comparisons for their increasingly unruly behavior; these ideas are made explicit as their rescuer remarks, "I should have thought that a pack of British boys would have been able to put up a better show than that."
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Very GoodJacket moderately toned with rubbing to folds, mild edgewear.
A couple of small stains to verso.
Slight lean.
Bookseller ticket to front pastedown, contemporary (June 1955) penned ownership inscription to front free endpaper.
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