William Golding — The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels
London, Faber and Faber, 1971 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of William Golding's 1971 collection of three historical novellas. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.This 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.An excellent first edition from the Nobel Prize for Literature winning author of 'The Lord of the Flies&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper a touch age toned to back strip and perimeters of rear wrap, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
