Lord of the Flies
$48,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books
First edition · Signed
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition, first printing. An advance presentation copy inscribed by William Golding to his next-door neighbors and dated ten days before publication, reading To Mr and Mrs Nelles with the author's regards 7/9/54 with his name not signed. Bound in original red cloth with titles in white on spine. Near Fine with slight fading to cloth, bleeding to edges of front paste down and several tiny
- Printing: first
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