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Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$45.70 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1951.

Price: US$52.25 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Ex-Library copy. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.

Seller: SN Books Ltd, Thetford, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$180.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Supplied in a very good colour facsimile jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, crisp and complete. Tightly bound and presents handsomely in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

John Wyndham (Also as John Beynon & Johnson Harris). The Day Of The Triffids. Michael Joseph 1951 First Edition in the UK & Thus First Printing, 1951.

Price: US$188.43 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Michael Joseph 1951 First Edition in the UK & Thus First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine, covers very slightly faded and page edges browned and slightly marked - Very Good Book - lacking Dust Jacket ''When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere. ''

Seller: Porcupine Books, Ilford, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Ex-library copy, with oval stamps to front free endpaper, title page and final page of text, and stamped library return plate to rear paste-down endpaper. 8vo. Pp 302. Original cloth, some wear to the edges, hinges and top and bottom of the spine and light fading/soiling to the boards. Foxing to fore-edge and preliminaries but main text block clean and sound. A section of one of the flaps of the (lacking) d/w is pasted to front paste-down endpaper.

Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$292.40 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First UK edition first impression from 1951. the book has been rebound in half leather with gold girl and raised bands to the spine, Binding firm, pages clean. please see pics.

Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$298.90 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: !st Edition. Bound in three quarter green morocco over marbled boards, with five raised bands to spine. Gilt title & author to contrasting black leather in spine compartments. Internally clean.

Seller: Moriarty's, Grimsby, LINCO, United Kingdom

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good first UK edition in a fine facsimile dust jacket. Ex-library. What seems to be a library inventory stamp to copyright page, residue from library pockets to front and rear pastedowns. Some discoloration to rear endpaper. General wear, especially to edges and corners. Bumping to spine ends. General rubbing. Occasional discoloration to pages. Cocking to spine. A desirable copy of the first UK edition of the notable science fiction novel.

Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$360.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An SF classic: a post-apocalyptic novel where plants are the enemy. "The best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced."-Stephen King. First edition (states "first published." on the copyright page, with no indication of later impressions). A very good copy in the original publisher's green cloth binding. Foxing and spotting to some pages and the page edges.

Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$584.80 + shipping

Description: First Published by Michael Joseph in August 1951 SECOND IMPRESSION BEFORE PUBLICATION. A very fine copy. As new. No dustwrapper. Outstanding. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

John Wyndham. The Day of The Triffids. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$604.29 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. 12mo. Full morocco. Very good + copy with no jacket. Rebound by Temple book binders of Oxford in Full Morocco, smooth spine, black calf title label to spine. a.e.g. 'small shell' marbled end papers. Gilt page edges. Internally fine.

Seller: William Collins Rare and Collectable Books, Grimsby, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$617.28 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 302pp, rebound in full green morocco, smooth spine, black calf title label to spine, edges stained green. Externally very good indeed, apart from some slight colour bleed from edge colouring, internally very good. Locke calls it "a modern classic of science fiction". Negley 524; Locke, Spectrum I:237 Size: 12mo

Seller: Temple Rare Books, Oxford, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$649.77 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 'The Day of the Triffids' by John Wyndham. Michael Joseph 1951 first edition. A little foxing and some marking to the boards. The book sits slightly off square. Good condition. The unclipped dust jacket has some internal repairs and numerous tears with one repaired tear down the length of the spine. Tape marks from historic repairs to the spine edge and onto the rear panel. Edge chipping and some loss, mainly to the spine tips.

Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom

John Wyndham. Day of the Triffids John Wyndham Custom Binding Exeter Bookbinders 1st ed 1951. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$700.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is a true first edition copy of John Wyndham's "The Day of the Triffids." This is the UK first edition published by Michael Joseph in 1951. The book is in Very Good condition. The book has been bound in custom leather binding by Exeter Bookbinders. The binding is tight and there are no loose pages. There are no signatures, bookplates, or markings of any kind. This is a rare 1st edition copy of a science fiction classic that's in unusually preserved condition.

Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$714.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition of John Wyndham's enormously influential work of science fiction, a work praised by Arthur C. Clarke as an 'immortal story'. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped first issue dust wrapper, priced 10s. 6d. to the front flyleaf.'The Day of the Triffids' is one of the most popular and important post-apocalyptic novels ever written.Following a meteor shower, the majority of the population have been blinded, leaving them vulnerable to the attack of an aggressive species of plants that start killing people.Endpapers renewed, retaining the original half title.Perforated stamp to title page, with library stamp to title page verso, and further stamp to tail of final leaf. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Minor shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Endpapers renewed. Dust wrapper age toned. Major loss to dust wrapper back strip tail, with small loss to back strip head. Horizontal closed tear to centre of back strip. Minor marks to rear wrap. Loss to paper at fold of front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Perforated stamp to title page, with library stamp to title page verso, and further stamp to tail of final leaf. Pages otherwise bright and generally clean, with the odd spot or light handling mark. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph 1951, London, 1951.

Price: US$779.73 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. 302 pp. Full dark green morocco with gilt lines, raised bands and gilt stamped decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Staining between pages 34 and 40, otherwise generally clean with minimal spotting. 8vo.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$849.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. Spine lean, bumped corners, foxing to endpages. 4/6 written on fep. Slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket in mylar states price of 10s. 6d. Faint stamp to back flap. Jacket spine ends chipped; tape and small closed tear to back panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1951 Michael Joseph Hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Near fine clean tight binding in new facsimile dustjacket. First UK Edition green boards with silver lettering to the spine No inscriptions, not ex-library. A clean bright copy.

Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

John Wyndham. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, UK, 1951.

Price: US$1039.64 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st Edition 1951. Re-bound in full leather with gilt detailing and gilt to page edge by Bayntun Riverre. Book is fine and very bright. Contents good. A beautiful nice example. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234

Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom

John Wyndham. The Day of The Triffids First Edition. Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$1104.61 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition, first printing 1951 published by Michael Joseph. Wyndham masterfully horrifies and enthralls the reader in this post apocalyptic sci-fi classic where giant motile carnivorous plants prey on the blinded human population. The author was inspired by H G Wells' War of The Worlds, and even used "Day of The Tripods" as a working title for the book. Unclipped dustjacket has wear and tear including some loss to the top and bottom edge of spine and corners, plus small tears and some discolouration. Jacket is in a clear removable protective wrapper. Green covers with some rubbing to top and bottom of spine and some staining to rear. Silver titles to spine bright. Page edges with some very faint spots and one slightly darker spot. Endpapers lightly spotted, pages mostly bright, with some sporadic faint spotting. No inscriptions. Good overall condition.

Seller: Bushido Books, Guildford, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An SF classic: a post-apocalyptic novel where plants are the enemy. "The best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced."-Stephen King. First edition (states "first published." on the copyright page, with no indication of later impressions). A very good copy in the original publisher's green cloth binding. Foxing to some pages and the page edges. In a complete but fair to good dust jacket, lined on the back (verso) with paper; back cover very dirty. On the plus side, this copy has the ownership names of "Hugh and Madeleine Franklin" in Madeleine's hand. Madeleine is best known by the name she used on her books, Madeleine L'Engle. L'Engle won the Newbery medal for a Wrinkle in Time.

Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$1299.55 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. Page edges a little toned and a small dot to the back board otherwise a really bright and attractive near fine copy that is certainly in good enough condition to take a dustwrapper. With the very scarce DAILY GRAPHIC Book Find of the Month wrap-around band (promotional slip) missing a small piece that folds over onto the front flap. NB: There is NO dustwrapper with this copy. The band is very scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

WYNDHAM, John. The Day of the Triffids. London: Michael Joseph, 1951.

Price: US$1299.55 + shipping

Description: First edition, 8vo, 302, (2) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, faint soiling to the lower wrapper, mild rubbing to the spine ends and a few other extremities. Preceded only by some shorter fiction published in the 1930s under the pseudonyms "John Beynon" or "John Beynon Harris", this was the author's first novel using his most famous pen name.

Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John (pseud. of John Beynon Harris). THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1951.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing, preceding (and textually different from) the British edition published by Michael Joseph the same year. Octavo (20.5cm); blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in green on spine; dustjacket; 222pp. Hint of offset to front endpaper, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. The author's best-known work, a catastrophe novel about Londoners stricken with blindness due to a cosmic phenomenon, and wave of large, intelligent, carnivorous plants taking over the city. An attractive copy of a science fiction highspot, making all of the important lists, and basis for several film adaptations.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.

JOHN WYNDHAM - FIRST EDITION HARDBACK - BOUND IN QUARTER LEATHER. The Day Of The Triffids. Michael Joseph London, 1951.

Price: US$1559.46 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, first impression, of Wyndham's science fiction classic. ELEGANTLY REBOUND by hand in quarter green morocco with green cloth boards. Five raised bands on the spine. Gilt titling within the compartments. The novel sold as well and steadily as any title by Agatha Christie and first edition copies are much sought after. The end pages are clean, bright and flat with no owner names and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no stains, no marks, no writing, no bent pages, no age toning and no foxing. Beautiful clean, crisp book.

Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom

WYNDHAM, John.. The Day of the Triffids.. London: Michael Joseph, 1951, 1951.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, of Wyndham's science fiction classic. "His story of the perambulating vegetable menace which takes over a Britain stricken with blindness was an immediate success. The inferior MGM film version (1963) starred Howard Keel, and a BBC television adaptation appeared in 1981" (Brian Aldiss in ODNB). The novel sold as well and steadily as a Penguin book. "As this critic has remarked elsewhere, Wyndham was the master of the 'cosy catastrophe' (Aldiss, 293). Although that vogue has passed, Wyndham's importance in the rebirth of British science fiction after the Second World War was second to none. His very English style ('the Trollope of science fiction', according to one reviewer), coupled with the Wellsian gift for exploring emotive ideas, brought him international success and encouraged others to strike out in the same way". Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, I p. 237. Octavo. Original green cloth, silver lettered spine. With dust jacket. Jacket with some nicks and chips to extremities, some minor tape repair to verso of spine panel. A very good copy in very good jacket.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

WYNDHAM, John. The Day of the Triffids. London Michael Joseph 1951, 1951.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: First edition. 8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A little chipping and rubbing to wrapper, otherwise a very good copy.

Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom

WYNDHAM, John.. The Day of the Triffids.. Michael Joseph, London., 1951.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. 302 pages. The author's first book and a key work of British science fiction.Tail of spine faintly rubbed, otherwise fine in very good dustwrapper a bit rubbed at the edges and with several small nicks.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. London Michael Joseph 1951, 1951.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1951. A very good+ copy with one neat name to the front endpaper. In a very good square clipped wrapper with a near closed tear to the clipped corner. Some wear and a little loss to the corners. A landmark twentieth century novel and very scarce.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$2923.98 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. Bookseller s ticket on the front paste-down otherwise a fine, sharp copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a short closed tear and associated crease to the bottom edge of the back panel but which is otherwise fresh and crisp. Complete with the The Author's landmark work of science fiction which details the happenings in the event of an attack by a homicidal plant. A nice example of one of the key books of the 20th century. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy. This original First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publishers cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in book. A wonderful copy in collectors condition.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids. Michael Joseph, London, 1951.

Price: US$4223.52 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition Publisher's green boards with silver lettering to the spine. The merest hint of foxing to the top edge and a tiny bump to the top edge of the back board otherwise a fine, sharp copy (with no inscriptions and absolutely no fading to the boards) in a very fine dustwrapper (certainly the best example of the dustwrapper that I have encountered in the last 15 years) with the VERY SCARCE DAILY GRAPHIC Book Find of the Month blue wrap-around band. A really lovely example of one of the key books of the 20th century. A frightening and entirely plausible post-apocalyptic story. A classic. The basis for the 1963 British science fiction horror film of the same name in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor, produced by George Pitcher and Philip Yordan, and directed by Steve Sekely and Freddie Francis and starring Howard Keel and Nicole Maurey, Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Wyndham, John. The Day of the Triffids- SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. London Michael Joseph 1951, 1951.

Price: US$11046.14 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Michael Joseph in London, 1951. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, with the iconic Patrick Gierth dust wrapper, has some slight chipping at the top and tail of the spine. There is one closed tear to the top edge of the front panel. There is slight shelf wear at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped, displaying the original 10s. 6d. net price. The boards are mostly clean in the original publisher's cloth, with silver foil titling and some slight shelf wear. There are some surface marks to the rear panel. The text blocks are toned and with some sparse spots, but are otherwise clean. The author's signature is inscribed 'To Tony V. Cooper with the best wishes of John Wyndham, (John Benyon Harris). 22-8-51'. A fine inscription, located on the front fly leaf. The preliminaries are slightly foxed. Overall, this is a very good (or better) copy of a fine, scarce signed title. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom