FREE FALL by William Golding First Edition 1959 With Unique Hand Painted Dustjacket

Published in 1959 this is the First Edition of the novel “Free Fall” by William Golding, the author of “Lord of the Flies”, this example has a unique hand painted dustjacket, done very close to the time of publication, the inside flap of the jacket is credited to a Sheila, and dated February 1960 the jacket has mild edge wear else in good condition, books covers clean, internally endpapers noticeably foxed and browned, there is a former owners blind embossed stamp to the front endpaper, an Edward F. Cass. Rest of contents generally clean, AN INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH A UNIQUE HAND PAINTED DUSTJACKET.