Lord of the Flies. A Novel

by William Golding

$4,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first impression. 248 pp. 8vo. Recent brown morocco, ruled in gilt, original cloth spine bound in at rear, t.e.g. Fine, a handsome copy. Item #346023 An attractively bound first edition of Golding's classic novel. It was originally rejected by an in-house reader at Faber as Rubbish & dull, before being picked up by another editor there, Charles Monteith, who helped Golding reshape the

• Binding: Leather

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.