Golding, William — Darkness Visible

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An engrossing novel, a fine story of Matty, who survived the London blitz as a very young boy, who became orphaned and horribly scarred, disfigured, and whose life and future is thus made "darkness visible." Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 265 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,