Lot 521
Golding (William) Lord of the Flies, first edition, third impression, signed by the author, 1955.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Golding (William) Lord of the Flies, first edition, third impression, signed by the author on endpaper, foxing to endpaper, pencil and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, shelf-lean, wear to head of spine, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, price-clipped, toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, marking and soiling to panels, 8vo, 1955.
⁂ With the ownership inscription of Maisie Purves-Smith, wife of the Australian painter Peter Purves-Smith.
Description
Golding (William) Lord of the Flies, first edition, third impression, signed by the author on endpaper, foxing to endpaper, pencil and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, shelf-lean, wear to head of spine, sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, price-clipped, toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, marking and soiling to panels, 8vo, 1955.
⁂ With the ownership inscription of Maisie Purves-Smith, wife of the Australian painter Peter Purves-Smith.