Darkness Visible by Golding, William

Faber & Faber, Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. Superficial marks and light scores on jacket. Jacket and hardcover spine heads are bumped. Page block and pages are tanned. Text is clear throughout. Volume is cocked but binding remains intact. HCW. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used.

Faber & Faber, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0571114547

London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 265 pp, 8vo (8" H). "Matty appears out of the flaming destruction of the Blitz. Who is he? Is he more or less than an ordinary human? Is the journal he keeps madness or inspiration? The twins are young enough to be his daughters: Sophy - dark, amoral, cruel; and Toni - fair, brilliant, empty. Their generation inhabits a world of cold terror, a world running down, a world where love is dying. Yet Matty and Toni never meet, and Matty and Sophy for no more than a moment. There are others too, like Sebastian Pedigree, thought by some to the the wickedest of men - William Golding has written a story of our times, a chilling mystery which never ceases to mystify. The master of disturbing suggestion, he stirs up the sediment of dark thoughts and half-ideas within us all; but for the reader as well as the characters, the reality of inarticulate fear emerges more clearly than ever." Pages browning very lightly. Dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, tiny spot of… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 1979. 265 pp, 8vo (8" H). "Matty appears out of the flaming destruction of the Blitz. Who is he? Is he more or less than an ordinary human? Is the journal he keeps madness or inspiration? The twins are young enough to be his daughters: Sophy - dark, amoral, cruel; and Toni - fair, brilliant, empty. Their generation inhabits a world of cold terror, a world running down, a world where love is dying. Yet Matty and Toni never meet, and Matty and Sophy for no more than a moment. There are others too, like Sebastian Pedigree, thought by some to the the wickedest of men - William Golding has written a story of our times, a chilling mystery which never ceases to mystify. The master of disturbing suggestion, he stirs up the sediment of dark thoughts and half-ideas within us all; but for the reader as well as the characters, the reality of inarticulate fear emerges more clearly than ever." Light browning to the pages, light browning to the edges of the text block - a… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket. Edges slightly toned. A clean, tight and unmarked book in similar unclipped dust jacket (now protected in removable archival mylar sleeve). Very neat. 265p..

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 265 pages; bottom edge remainder mark, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout. gentle bumps to spine ends; DJ gently bumped, two very tiny chips, now in new mylar protector.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good ++.

London: Faber, 1979. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 265pp; Slight yellowing to edges else a clean and bright copy; Previous owner's signature to f.e.p.; Unclipped d/w; Size: 8vo.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1979. First edition hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket, both in very good condition. From the collection of A.D. Stokes, a lifelong academic in Russian language and literature at the Universities of London, Liverpool, and Oxford, the latter until his retirement in 1987. Ownership penned to FEP. Light shelf and handling wear, including minor tanning and creasing to DJ edges, and notable tanning to pageblock and page edges. Boards in fine condition, pages tightly bound, and content, whilst tanned is clear and unmarked. CN. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

Hardback. Acceptable.