William Golding

(London), Faber and Faber, (2009).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. x 573; endpapers, 12 page b/w plates, sources, illustration credits, index; original cloth, dustjacket; a fine copy. With signed card from author loosely inserted.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1987. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. 8vo. Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 191 pp. Minor shelf wear. Red mark on bottom block edge. This is a first American edition critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many other works.

UK: Faber & Faber, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4.5 x 16.5 x 24.2 cm. h/b 573 pages, condition is very good. William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. He published a volume of poems in 1934 and during the war served in the Royal Navy. Afterwards he… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 191 pages. Preface by editor John Carey. Includes contributions by Peter Moss, Anthony Barrett, Stephen Medcalf, Peter Green, Charles Monteith, Mark Kinkead-Weekes. Ian Gregor, Craig Raine, Barbara Everett, John Bayley, Anthony Storr, John Fowles, Ian McEwan, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, and John Carey. A tight close… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 1st edition. A Tribute on his 75th Birthday. Black cloth boards stamped in gold on the spine. Pp 192 with 8pp half-tone illustrations. Paper browned at the edges else Fine in Fine dust-jacket.

New York: Free Press, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. xii, 573pp. Illustrated. Fine with a tiny bit of wear at the spine ends in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing and rippling. Advance copy with material laid in.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Illustrated. An age-toned text block thus near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with minimal rubbing and soiling.

London: Faber and Faber, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Light age-toning to the text block else fine in fine dustwrapper.

London: Faber and Faber, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 191pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Pages tanned as usual else fine in fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in.

London: Faber and Faber, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Light age-toning to the text block else fine in fine dustwrapper with a light bump at the front bottom corner.

London: Faber and Faber, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 191pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Pages tanned as usual else fine in fine dust jacket.

Free Press, 2010-06-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. Softcover. Good. Uncorrected proof of first American edition. 191pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Pages tanned as usual, lacking wrappers, abrasion on rear wrap, good only.

New York: Free Press; Simon & Schuster, 2010. xii, 573 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In 1953, William Golding was a provincial schoolteacher, rejected by every major publisher--until an editor pulled Lord of the Flies off the rejection pile. He went… Read more about this item

New York: Free Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 573 pp., Review copy with press release laid-in. .

London : Faber, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 191 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: Golding, William (1911-1993) ; Biography. English novelists ; Biography.

Free Press, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Free Press, 2010-06-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. Black cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 191 pages. Noted authors including John Fowles, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, et al., contribute essays in tribute on Goldings 75th birthday. A clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. First American Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

London, England: Faber and Faber, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. British First. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; age toning to page edges; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs..