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Rites of Passage
by Golding, William (SIGNED)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571116396
- ISBN 13
- 9780571116393
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber, Limited, 1980. First Edition, Fourth Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cathie Felstead (DJ). Green cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine. Book is very slightly cocked, spine ends rolled, bump to head of spine, light dust soiling to top edge. Unclipped, unpriced DJ has end of spine edge wear. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet Greg Gatenby. Date of the book's acquisition and Gatenby's signature on ffep. Golding has flatsigned with black sharpie on second half-title page. SIGNED by AUTHOR. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 122934.
Synopsis
Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies . He was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage , the first book of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth . The book is set at the end of the Napoleonic war era. In this novel the young protagonist, Edmund Talbot is keeping a detailed journal and account of his life onboard a ship voyage from England to Australia. Edmund is directing this account toward his wealthy godfather. He observes, with more than just a touch of cynicism and aloof superiority the microcosm coming to life around him. The reader is made to perceive how totally estranged from reality he is, from all practical things and the normal ways of the world while also noting the mounting tensions from the crew and passengers. He has to go through a rite of passage which shames him and makes him feel that it could define a part of his identity. Cleverly written with superior attention to detail, the reader will not be disappointed.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002934
- Title
- Rites of Passage
- Author
- Golding, William (SIGNED)
- Illustrator
- Cathie Felstead (DJ)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Fourth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0571116396
- ISBN 13
- 9780571116393
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Flatsigned
- A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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