Description
The first American edition of Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding.
Octavo, [10], 243pp, [3]. Tan and green buckram cloth over tan cloth spine, title stamped in green on the spine. Stated “First American Edition” on the copyright page. Faint offsetting to endpapers, internally clean. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $3.50 retail price on the front flap, previously folded along center line of spine, a bright, near fine example.
(Gekoski & Grogan A2(b))
Lord of the Flies was first published by Faber and Faber of London in 1954. (Gekoski & Grogan A2(a))
