TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. RITES OF PASSAGE. CLOSE QUARTERS. FIRE DOWN BELOW. THE SEA TRILOGY.
Language: English
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1980
Series: Book 1 of 3 - Sea Trilogy
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba
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Condition: Used - Fine
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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.
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- Title
- TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. RITES OF PASSAGE. CLOSE QUARTERS. FIRE DOWN BELOW. THE SEA TRILOGY.
- Author
- Golding, William
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber, London
- Publication year
- 1980
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcovers
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0571116396
- ISBN 13
- 9780571116393
- Edition
- First Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Series
- Book 1 of 3: Sea Trilogy
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About the Author
William Golding (1911–93) was born in Cornwall, England. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and became an international bestseller. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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