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Golding, William, Lord Of The Flies (True First Edition, 1954)

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Golding William - Lord Of The Flies Faber And Faber Ltd, 24 Russell Square, London, true first edition, 1954, 248pp, red cloth, DJ, small book retailers label on final leaf. Jacket with discolouration and loss to lower and upper spine strip and top right rear cover, cloth sunned where jacket losses are, spotting to front endpapers, spine cocked, otherwise a very scarce copy of the true first edition of this now iconic novel.

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Golding, William, Lord Of The Flies (True First Edition, 1954) Image 1++
Golding, William, Lord Of The Flies (True First Edition, 1954) Image 1++
Golding, William, Lord Of The Flies (True First Edition, 1954) Image 1++
Golding, William, Lord Of The Flies (True First Edition, 1954) Image 1++
Golding, William, Lord Of The Flies (True First Edition, 1954) Image 1++
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