William Golding — Rites of Passage
London, Faber & Faber, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of William Golding's award winning novel Rites of Passage, with the original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of Rites of Passage by William Golding in original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper.This novel is part of the nautical trilogy To the Ends of the Earth set on a British ship transporting migrants to Australia in the nineteenth century. It won the Man Booker Prize in 1980.William Golding is a renowned British novelist best known for his classic children's novel Lord of the Flies (1954). In original publisher's cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is very slight wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.
