Close Quarters
by Golding, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, with unclipped vg d/j, black boards clean with gilt titling on spine bright; pages tight and unmarked, s
- ISBN 10
- 0571147798
- ISBN 13
- 9780571147793
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1987. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, with unclipped vg d/j, black boards clean with gilt titling on spine bright; pages tight and unmarked, slight foxing on top edges. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A sequel to RITES OF PASSAGE, set on board a ship on its way to Australia. A ball is held on the ship whilst it is becalmed in a wilderness of heat and sea mists, and under the influence of this strange atmosphere, soon the passengers and the very ship itself start to go to pieces.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC31523
- Title
- Close Quarters
- Author
- Golding, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, with unclipped vg d/j, black boards clean with gilt titling on spine bright; pages tight and unmarked, s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0571147798
- ISBN 13
- 9780571147793
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 281
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Nobel, Golding
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.57 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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