Fire Down Below by William Golding, Signed (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. An unread perfect first edition hardback, signed on the title page, no other marks. This is an outstanding copy. Perfect protected jacket. The publisher printed this on a fairly poor paper stock so there is edge tanning, but this is slight and common to all copies. THIS IS THE BEST SIGNED FIRST I HAVE SEEN IN TWENTY YEARS. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression as a collected edition. SIGNED by Golding at half-title with name only. This is not the limited edition but the trade edition. Near fine in VG jacket, unclipped with light wear. HEAVIER THAN AVERAGE - THERE MAY BE SOME EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE THE UK - THANKS. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing.Signed by Author to half title page. Dust jacket not price clipped. Apart from usual yellowing of page edges, a very nice copy. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. No 128 of 400 copies, limited edition page numbered and signed "William Golding" , near fine condition , quarter bound marbled boards with blue cloth, gilt rules to boards, gilt titles on label to spine, upper edge gilt, cellophane cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 3 vols. Rites of Passage (1980); Close Quarters (1987); Fire Down Below (1989). All first editions. Hardbacks in dust jackets. Rites of Passage with the scarce Booker Prize belly-band. Fire Down Below SIGNED by author to half-title. Fire Down Below with age-toning to leaves as usual. Near fine copies. *** A beautiful full set of the To the Ends of the Earth trilogy, published separately over a 9-year period. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Editions/First Impressions(Printings). Hardcovers. 3 Volumes. 1/ Rites of Passage. Volume 1 of The Sea Trilogy. 1980. Fine book in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed, with the added words "with best wishes" and dated (1980) by the author on the front flyleaf. Light creasing to the jacket edges. Winner of the Booker Prize. 2/ Close Quarters. Volume 2 of The Sea Trilogy. 1987. Fine book in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Light creasing to the top edge of jacket. 3/ Fire Down Below. Volume 3 of The Sea Trilogy. 1989. Near fine book in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Tanning to the page edges. Signed by the author on the half title page. The complete set of the Sea Trilogy from the Nobel Prize winning author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcovers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First editions, first prnts. Each volume is signed by Golding on the title page. CLOSE published in 1987 (ISBN:0571147798) and FIRE in 1989 (ISBN:0571152031). A digital photo of Golding with a UK bookseller at a 1992 booksigning event is laid-in RITES. RITES has two small indentations on the front pastedown upper corner with two corresponding impressions on the dustjacket flap and a small rubbed spot on the topedge which has caused a tiny nick on the topedge of a few text pages; the book is in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. CLOSE AND FIRE are both in Fine condition in a Fine dustajcket with an archival cover. RITES was the Booker winner in 1980. The three volumes comprise Golding's Sea Trilogy in its original publications. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First British edition, signed by Golding on the half title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Original price of 11.95 on front flap of dust jacket. First published in 1989 stated on copyright page.

Paper browned (as usual) else VG bright tight copy in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue Signed boldly by Golding on half - title. ISBN 0571152031.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on half title. Near Fine in dustwrapper. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First edition. Number 211 of 400 SIGNED, numbered and specially bound copies. Marbled paper boards; blue cloth spine; gilt top edge and gilt-lettered red blocking on spine. In publisher's original rough-cut cardboard slipcase numbered in pencil. Fine in near fine slipcase. Signed.

1st Edition. Hb original blue cloth spine, marbled boards xii,753pp Limited Edition 321/400 SIGNED by The Author. A FINE Copy contained in its original cardboard slipcase.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A lovely signed limited edition copy of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. A limited edition specially bound copy. (Number 3 out of 400).Signed by the author to the colophon.The first edition of this trilogy published in one volume. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding.This work contains the three novels that make up William Golding's nautical, relational trilogy. Rites of Passage(originally pub. in 1980), Close Quarters (originally pub. in 1987) and Fire Down Below (originally pub. in 1989).The story is set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century. The novels explore class and man's reversion to savagery when isolated.The themes of the trilogy reflect those of Golding's best-known debut novel, Lord of the flies. In the original quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Externally, excellent with only light signs of shelf wear to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. Brian Aldiss's own fine example of the signed limited edition of William Golding's trilogy of nautical novels set in the early 19th century. The first edition, first impression of this work.A signed limited edition, with this being no. 284 of 400 copies signed by Golding, and specially bound.The first single volume edition of this trilogy: Rites of Passage (originally pub. in 1980), Close Quarters (originally pub. in 1987) and Fire Down Below (originally pub. in 1989).The story is set on a former British man-of-war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century. The novels explore class and man's reversion to savagery when isolated, reflect those of Golding's best-known debut novel, 'Lord of the flies'.The personal copy of celebrated English science fiction author Brian Aldiss, best known for his 'Helliconia' trilogy. Associated with the British New Wave of science fiction, Aldiss received two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award and one John W. Campbell Memorial Award.Loosely inserted is a provenance notice signed by the executor of Aldiss's estate, his daughter Wendy.In the publisher's original carboard slip case, with a label to the front board reading 'To our dear friend Brian with love on your 70th birthday from Susan & David'. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Housed in the original cardboard slip case, which has one bump to a fore edge, and a handwritten label. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.