To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy – William Golding, Faber and Faber, 1991

This Faber and Faber one-volume edition (1991) of William Golding's To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy is of interest to collectors of William Golding, Nobel Prize literature, and 20th century British fiction.

About: A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket is bright with strong, unfaded colours and the striking Paul Hogarth maritime illustration; light wear to the jacket edges consistent with careful use. Boards are tight and clean. Inscribed gift plate as per photo. The interior is crisp - well-preserved copy of this handsome omnibus edition.

Details:

• Title: To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy
• Comprising: Rites of Passage, Close Quarters, and Fire Down Below
• Author: William Golding
• Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
• Publication Date: 1991
• Edition: First one-volume edition
• Binding: Hardcover
• Jacket Illustrator: Paul Hogarth
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Synopsis: First one-volume Faber and Faber hardback collecting all three novels of Golding's celebrated Sea Trilogy, with a new Foreword by the author discussing the relationship of fiction to history and the revisions made for this edition.

Review: William Golding's Sea Trilogy, comprising Rites of Passage (Booker Prize, 1980), Close Quarters, and Fire Down Below, follows the aristocratic Edmund Talbot aboard a decaying man-of-war voyaging from England to Australia in the early nineteenth century. By turns comic, tragic, and sublime, the trilogy is among the finest achievements of late 20th century British fiction, and Golding's Nobel Prize (1983) only adds to its enduring collectibility.