The Day of the Triffids
by Wyndham, John (John Beynon Harris, pseudonym)
Book Club
Price: $75.00
- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 5406
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: Book Club
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place: Garden City
- Date published: 1951
Book Description
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. Book Club. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear (focused at head and tail), else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows several small closed tears, some with related creases, "price" clipped, light even soiling at rear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Grey/blue coated paper boards, blue ink lettering and decorative elements. 12mo. 222pp. Preceded the British edition which shows textual differences and the first US release. This edition shows the front and spine art of the first US edition, with the rear panel replaced with endorsements for the "Adventure Book Club". Runner-up for the 1952 International Fantasy Award. [Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-199] Film adaptations: The Day of the Triffids (1962 film); Village of the Damned (1960 film); Quest For Love (1971 film); Village of the Damned (1995 film): TV adaptations: The Day of the Triffids (British TV series): also done on radio. A handsome early reprint of this important spec. fiction title.
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