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William Golding. Group of 9 First or Limited Editions (including a duplicate), including 6 signed or inscribed.... (Total: 9 )
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William Golding. Group of 9 First or Limited Editions (including a duplicate), including 6 signed or inscribed.William Golding. Free Fall. London: Faber and Faber, [1959]. 8vo, original red cloth; no dust jacket. FIRST EDTION. Light edgewear; else, fine. - Golding. The Spire. London: Faber and Faber, [1964]. 8vo, original purple cloth; pictorial dust jacket (unclipped). FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper: "For Ian Bennett, with best wishes from / William Golding." Very fine. - Another copy, in dust jacket (unclipped), uninscribed. Light wear to extremities; else, fine. - Golding. Darkness Visible. London: Faber and Faber, [1979]. 8vo, original plum boards; dust jacket (unclipped with price). FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED on the title: "For Michael Curtis from / William Golding." A little marginal toning to text. - Golding. Nobel Lecture. [Leamington Spa]: The Sixth Chamber press, [1984]. 8vo, bound in full Nigerian goatskin; publisher's board slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 34 of 50 specially bound copies SIGNED. Spine very slightly faded. - Golding. The Paper Men. London: Faber and Faber, [1984]. 8vo, original black boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. - Golding. [To the Ends of the Earth, or The Sea Trilogy]: Rites of Passage, 1980; Close Quarters, 1987; and Fire Down Below, 1989. Together 3, all London: Faber and Faber, original board bindings, dust jackets (unclipped), housed in a cloth slipcase. FIRST EDTIONS, EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title, respectively. A very fine set.
Provenance: From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2025 September 10 - 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part III, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6321 (go to Auction Home page)
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