Faber, London, 1954. First edition, first impression. A very good copy with the first issue dust wrapper. Some light fading to the spine, the contents are clean and unmarked with minor spotting to the prelims, slight lean to the spine.

Golding’s first novel and one of the landmark novels of the 20th century ‘Lord of the Flies’ and features in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels. The first edition is scarce. It also appears prominently in Stephen King’s novels Cujo (1981), Misery (1987), and Hearts in Atlantis (1999)