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GOLDING, William. Rites of Passage. London, Faber and Faber, 1980, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, front blank inscribed: "For John Arlott from one thin man trying to get out to another thin man trying to get out William Golding," original cloth, dust-jacket.
With a loosely-inserted letter, dated Ebble Thatch, Bowerchalke, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 22nd October [no year], in which Golding writes to Arlott: "I hope Forest Mere was successful and that the vile body is dried-out but not dessicated! I am a bit dried-out and underfed and moving towards the desired haven of being not wicked but slim!"
With a loosely-inserted letter, dated Ebble Thatch, Bowerchalke, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 22nd October [no year], in which Golding writes to Arlott: "I hope Forest Mere was successful and that the vile body is dried-out but not dessicated! I am a bit dried-out and underfed and moving towards the desired haven of being not wicked but slim!"