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The Hot Gates
by GOLDING, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. 1st Edition 14 x 22.2 cm red cloth with black and gilt stamped titles to the spine. 175[1]pp with original unclipped jacket designed by Michael Ayrton priced at 25s net. The boards have been well protected by the jacket and are clean with bright titles. There is a bruise to the bottom corner of the front board and a little shelf wear to the bottom edge. Internally, there is a bookplate to the front pastedown but otherwise the pages are clean. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), has a little rubbing to the head of the spine, edges and corners together with some toning to the spine but is complete and presents very well. A very collectable copy of this 1st Edition of collected essays. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Synopsis
The Hot Gates is the title of a collection by William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies. The collection contains his childhood recollections "Billy the Kid" and "The Ladder and the Tree", and his essay "Fable", which answered questions about Lord of the Flies. The book starts out with an essay on the Battle of Thermopylae, which can be translated from ancient Greek to English as "hot gates", thus giving it the title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201307
- Title
- The Hot Gates
- Author
- GOLDING, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Essays|Autobiography|Travel
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- VG/VG
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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