Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

243 c   GISSING, GEORGE. New Grub Street. 3 volumes. Half-titles, 2 pages of publisher’s advertisements at the endof volume 1. 8vo, original blue-green cloth stamped in gilt and black, minor rubbing to extremities, corners bumped; vol. 2 hinges cracked, rear hinge of vol. 3 cracked, 2 bookplates and two ownership signatures (Saint Francis Library and Mary Tennyson) on front pastedowns; housed in cloth chemises within ¼ morocco slipcase. first edition , one of 500 copies. Sadleir 971. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1891 [1,000/1,500] 244 c   GOLDING, WILLIAM. Lord of the Flies. 8vo,publisher’s ¼ tan buckramover green textured boards, light discoloration along board edges as often seen; unclipped dust jacket, tiny nick to bottom of front panel near flap fold. first american edition . Nearly fine. New York: Coward-McCann, (1955) [600/900] 243 244