Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
Darkness Visible by William Golding is a bleak tale of Matty and the people who cross his path. Matty was terribly burned in the London Blitz, and has to endure taunting for his horrible scars for the rest of his life. He finds two girls, twins, who are also lost children at heart.
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Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1979
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- Paperback
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Northfield, Minnesota, USA
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New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1979. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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DARKNESS VISIBLE
by Golding, William
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Dust Jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing.
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374135027
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CHICAGO, Illinois, USA
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New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 265 pages. The author's seventh novel. One of the finest English novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in the United States.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First American Edition.
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374135027
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Stanley, New York, USA
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition.. Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Stated First American Edition. Near FIne/Very Good. Clean yellow boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by GOLDING, William
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571114542
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Alton, Hampshire, Hampshire, GBR
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London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 265 pages. Burgundy boards in jacket. Condition: The jacket is complete and unclipped, displaying the price £4.95. It is protected by a removable Brodart-type wrapper. The book has a splash-stain which affects the rear endpaper and part of the text-block edge. The pages edges are browning a little. Every book is sent in a rigid… Read more about this item Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
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- Used - Very Good Plus
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- First Faber Paperbacks
- Published
- 1980
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- Paperback
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- 9780571116461
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Etobicoke, Ontario, CAN
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London, UK: Faber & Faber, 1980 265 pages. Tight binding with uncreased spine and covers. Paper edge light browning and minor edge rubbing.. First Faber Paperbacks. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus. Item Price
$10.00
DARKNESS VISIBLE
by Golding, William.
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- Used - Very near fine in like dustjacket.
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- like
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- 1979.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9780374135027
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Ione, California, USA
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$29.50
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New York:: Farrar Straus Giroux,, 1979.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in like dustjacket.. First US printing. The story of Matty, who as a boy who survived the London blitz but orphaned and horribly scarred - set apart from others by his disfigurement, his life is the result of "darkness visible." 265 pp, Item Price
$29.50
Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
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- Used - G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Fading to top edge of cover. Page edge browning
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Maroon hardback cloth cover
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- 9780571114542
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Alnwick, Northumberland, GBR
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$23.36
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London: Faber & Faber Ltd. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Fading to top edge of cover. Page edge browning. 1979. First Edition. Maroon hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6"). 265pp. . Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by GOLDING, William
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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$62.80
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London: Faber and Faber, 1979. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Publisher's blue soft back as issued. Small stain to upper; fading to spine; internally clean. A sound copy. William Golding won the 1979 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the 1980 Booker Prize and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. Item Price
$62.80
Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571114542
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, GBR
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$5.45
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London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. Superficial marks and light scores on jacket. Jacket and hardcover spine heads are bumped. Page block and pages are tanned. Text is clear throughout. Volume is cocked but binding remains intact. HCW. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. Item Price
$5.45
Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571114542
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Bristol, Avon, GBR
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$12.56
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Faber, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tight and sound copy. Text block browning a little as usual. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Old ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction Classic & Modern; ISBN: 0571114547. ISBN/EAN: 9780571114542. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read more about this item Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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$18.48
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London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full burgundy paper boards. 365 pp. Interior is age toned. Dust jacket is price clipped. Else fine. Item Price
$18.48
DARKNESS VISIBLE.
by Golding, William.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571114542
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- 1
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Oakville, Ontario, CAN
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$15.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 265 pp, 8vo (8" H). "Matty appears out of the flaming destruction of the Blitz. Who is he? Is he more or less than an ordinary human? Is the journal he keeps madness or inspiration? The twins are young enough to be his daughters: Sophy - dark, amoral, cruel; and Toni - fair, brilliant,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by William Golding
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374135027
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North Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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$12.00
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Near Fine copy with a light bump the spine heel front corner in Fine Dust Wrapper. bx91 Item Price
$12.00
Darkness Visible
by GOLDING, William
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374135027
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- 1
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with a little staining on the foredge, in a near fine dustwrapper with light wear at the top of the spine. A novel. Item Price
$20.00
Darkness Visible
by GOLDING, William
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374135027
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1979. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Small pen notation on front endpaper, near fine in near fine lightly edgeworn dustwrapper. Item Price
$20.00
DARKNESS VISIBLE
by Golding, William
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780553147049
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- 1
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North Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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$11.80
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New York: Bantam [Windstone] Books [1981]. Good. 1981. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0553147048 . First edition thus. 292 pages. VG or better copy [slight spine cocking, light creasing, cheap paper starting to tan] save for speck-like flaking/wear to the front cover. . Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Spray, Oregon, USA
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$10.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Toning to pages, else clean and unmarked. Bound handsomely in burgundy cloth, with sharp… Read more about this item Item Price
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Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780571114542
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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Hardback. Acceptable. Item Price
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DARKNESS VISIBLE
by GOLDING, WILLIAM
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571114542
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- 1
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Skreen, Sligo, IRL
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$5.40
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London: Faber, 1979. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 265pp; Slight yellowing to edges else a clean and bright copy; Previous owner's signature to f.e.p.; Unclipped d/w; Size: 8vo. Item Price
$5.40
Darkness Visible
by Golding, William
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780553147049
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oneonta, New York, USA
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$11.00
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1981. This 4.25 x 7 softcover has 292 pages. At the height of the London blitz, a naked child steps out of an all-consuming fire. Miraculously saved yet hideously scarred, tormented at school and at work, Matty becomes a wanderer, a seeker after some unknown redemption. Two more lost children await him: twins as… Read more about this item Item Price
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