The Lord of the Flies
- London: Faber, 1954
London: Faber, 1954. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. Original red cloth with white lettering on spine in pictorial dustwrapper. A Fine copy, in a very nearly Fine dustwrapper, bright and crisp with just the slightest toning to the jacket spine. Book with 9/54 written in pencil on the rear paste-down. Perhaps a review copy since the book was published on September 17th of 1954. An excellent copy, rarely found in this condition. Housed in a quarter-leather clamshell case.
"At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization, they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as a strange howl echoes in the night, as terror begins to reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued" (Buehler). So culturally recognizable that its title alone evokes violence and chaos, "Lord of the Flies will have you questioning your own motives and desires in a lawless world" (Lowry).
Parker & Kermode, 314-15. Nobel Laureates in Literature, 153. Horror 100 Best 53. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
"At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization, they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as a strange howl echoes in the night, as terror begins to reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued" (Buehler). So culturally recognizable that its title alone evokes violence and chaos, "Lord of the Flies will have you questioning your own motives and desires in a lawless world" (Lowry).
Parker & Kermode, 314-15. Nobel Laureates in Literature, 153. Horror 100 Best 53. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Details
Title
The Lord of the Flies
Author
Golding, William
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Faber: London
Date
1954
Edition
First edition