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The Spire
by William Golding
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1964 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this popular novel from William Golding, in the publisher's original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this novel from Nobel Prize for Literature winning author William Goldman, best known for 1954s 'The Lord of the Flies'. In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper, designed by Jack Piper.Following the central character's dream of constructing a 404-foot-high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral, and using a stream of consciousness narrative to follow the increasingly fallible narrators demise as he chooses to follow his own will over the will of God.Celebrated upon publication, and reviewed by Frank Kermode in the New York Review of Books as 'an entire original... remote from the mainstream, potent, severe, even forbidding'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with faint tide mark to tail of front board, penetrating to front pastedown. Light tide mark to tail and fore edge of dust wrapper front wrap, with faint handling marks to perimeters of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
Dean Jocelin is a man driven. He has a vision that causes him to construct an immense spire above his cathedral, and refuses to stop, despite the warnings of the masons and the complaints of all around him. The Spire is about the human condition, the nature of religion, and relationships. Explore the mind of Dean Jocelin, which is is stable as his spire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 903F21
- Title
- The Spire
- Author
- William Golding
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- lord of the flies Salisbury Cathedral Nobel Prize for Literature Salisbury Cathedral
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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