To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below

William Golding

Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1991

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # 909Y59

Bibliographic Details

• Title: To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy comprising Rites of Passage, Close Quarters and Fire Down Below
• Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
• Publication Date: 1991
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: signed by author
• Book Type: book