Lord of the Flies.
GOLDING, William.
Lord of the Flies.
"The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream": First Edition of The Lord of the Flies; Signed by William Golding and Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
London: Faber and Faber, 1954.
$7,200.00
In Stock
Item Number: 150005
First edition of Golding’s first book, one of the best-known works in modern literature. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by William Golding on a page bound in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation.
"A collection of modern fiction would never be complete without it" (Connolly, 136). Originally published in 1954, The Lord of the Flies was named to Modern Library’s 100 Greatest Novels List of the twentieth century. "[T]his brilliant work is a frightening parody on man's return (in a few weeks) to that state of darkness from which it took him thousands of years to emerge. Fully to succeed, a fantasy must approach very close to reality. Lord of the Flies does. It must also be superbly written. It is" (The New York Times Book Review). It has been adapted to film twice, in 1963 by Peter Brook and again 1990 by Harry Hook.
