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Rare and modern books

Golding William

Rites of Passage [with] Close Quarters [with] Fire Down Below. [Dustwrapper artwork by Cathie Felstead (first volume) and Paul Hogarth (second and third volumes).] 'TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH' TRILOGY COMPLETE

Faber, 1980

190.90 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1980
Author
Golding William
Publishers
Faber
Keyword
modern first editions, modern firsts, golding, william golding, ends of the earth, rites of passage, close quarters, fire down below, booker prize
Languages
English

Description

3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (green/black/black respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt or white, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Golding's prize-winning nautical trilogy is set on a former British man-o'-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early nineteenth century. The first volume was awarded the Man Booker Prize for 1980. COMPLETE SETS OF THE ORIGINAL EDITIONS ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Gekoski & Grogan A13a, A18a, A19a respectively.
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