{"product_id":"the-inheritors-william-golding-faber-and-faber-1st-edition-2nd-impression-1959","title":"The Inheritors – William Golding (Faber and Faber, 1st Edition 2nd Impression, 1959)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Faber and Faber first edition, second impression (1959) of William Golding's \u003cem\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/em\u003e is of interest to collectors of William Golding, Nobel Prize literature, and 20th century British fiction first editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout: \u003c\/strong\u003eA very good copy in a good-plus dust jacket. The jacket retains the original and iconic design featuring the striking Neanderthal figure in red and black on a cream ground; colours are toned and faded as expected for a copy of this age, with some chipping and wear to the spine ends and corners, and a small tear to the top of the spine. Boards are tight in the original blue cloth. The interior pages show age-toning consistent with the period, but the text block is clean and unmarked throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: The Inheritors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: William Golding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, London W.C.1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst published: MCMLV (1955)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis impression: Second impression, MCMLIX (1959)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted by: Latimer Trend \u0026amp; Co Ltd, Plymouth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Hardcover, original blue cloth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDust Jacket Condition: Good+\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faber and Faber first edition, second impression of Golding's second novel — widely regarded as one of his finest achievements. In the original dust jacket with the iconic cover design. A desirable copy of a key title in the Golding canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview: \u003c\/strong\u003eWilliam Golding's \u003cem\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/em\u003e (1955) is a tour de force of imaginative fiction, narrated from the perspective of a small group of Neanderthals as they encounter the first modern humans. Golding inverts H.G. Wells's confident progressivism — the novel opens with an epigraph from Wells's \u003cem\u003eOutline of History\u003c\/em\u003e - to produce a haunting meditation on innocence, violence, and the cost of civilisation. Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983, and \u003cem\u003eThe Inheritors\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the most admired novels of the post-war period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55575295361364,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/5972\/1556\/files\/the-inheritors-william-golding-1600x1600-0572.jpg?v=1776525640","url":"https:\/\/www.alexanderdavidfinebooks.co.uk\/products\/the-inheritors-william-golding-faber-and-faber-1st-edition-2nd-impression-1959","provider":"Alexander David Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}