William Golding — The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels

London, Faber and Faber, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of novellas from British writer William Golding. First edition. A collection of three novellas - two of which had never before been published - includes 'The Scorpion God', set in ancient Egypt; 'Clonk Clonk', set in pre-historic Africa; and 'Envoy Extraordinary', set in ancient Rome. Written by Sir William Gerald Golding, a British novelist, playwright, and poet best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light spotting to the rear panel and internal side. Minor sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.