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Sale 404: Illustrated & Children's Books; Prints; Fine Printing; Fine Books in All Fields (#404) 05/28/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 05/28/2009 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #53Lord of the Flies

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$2,000

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

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Sale 404: Illustrated & Children's Books; Prints; Fine Printing; Fine Books in All Fields (#404) 05/28/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 05/28/2009 1:00 PM PDT

Description

Title:

Lord of the Flies

Author:

Golding, William

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Faber and Faber Ltd.

Date Published:

[1954]

Description:

7¼x4¾, red cloth, spine lettered in white, color pictorial jacket. First Edition.

Golding’s classic tale about a group of English schoolboys who are plane-wrecked on a deserted island with no adult supervision, which makes their situation worse as the structure of civilization continues to crumble. His first and best known novel. Gekoski & Grogan [A2a].

Condition:

Minor wear to jacket edges; spine leaning; some wear and soiling to cloth, bookplate removed from front pastedown; else very good in a near fine jacket.

Item#:

203154

Headline:

William Golding Lord of the Flies 1st Edition
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