Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

$17,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: Faber and Faber, 1954. An extremely rare advance proof copy of the first edition. According to Quill and Brush's 2007 Author Price Guide, Faber produced perhaps ten copies in this format and according to bookseller Ken Lopez noting in 1998, there were four known extant copies. Though it's possible since 1998 a copy or so may have surfaced, the number of extant copies would still range between four and below about ten.

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