The Day of the Triffids by Wyndham, John [John Beynon Harris] [Bookplate Of L. Sprague De Camp] - 1951

London (1958; 1961): Severn House, 1976. First British Hardcover Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 171 Pp. Purple Boards, Gilt. First Uk Hardcover Edition, Inscribed By The Author. A Bright, Clean Book With Two Small Dents Along Bottom Edge Of Boards, Otherwise Fine. Dust Jacket Not Price-Clipped, With Rubbing At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips. Hugo Award 1958. Inscribed By Leiber In July 1977 With "All The Best From Greta And All..." And Signed By Leiber.

London: Faber and Faber, 1962, 1962. First Edition . Blue Wrappers. Very Good +/No Dust Jacket. 253 Pp. Advance Uncorrected Proof In Light Blue Wrappers, Slight Wear And Fading To Covers, Tiny Losses Of Paper At Spine Corners.

Denver, Colorado: Gorgon Press, 1948. First Edition (De Luxe Limited) . Red Leatherette. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8 5/8" Tall. Signed on copyright page by Stanley Mullen and Roy Hunt. "This edition is limited to 1, 000 copies of which this is Number 4." The author has crossed out the number 1,000 and written above the line..."De Luxe-limited to 30 copies", as it is one of 30 copies bound in red leatherette . Stanley Mullen and Roy Hunt have signed below "Number 4". 264 clean pages. [There is an even rarer edition of ten copies bound in lizard.] Covers, as new. This copy has a low number as it was given to Forrest Ackerman, noted SF agent, editor, fan, author, etc., who was Mullen's agent.

New York: Street and Smith, 1942. Original Art Works . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Ink Illustration For Van Vogt's Story "Asylum". This Story Is The Featured Story For This Issue, With Its Name And A Cover Illustration In Color, And Placement At The Beginning Of The Issue; Heinlein's "Beyond This Horizon" Is Later In The Same Issue. The Story Has Been Frequently Anthologized. The Drawing Used On Page 14 Is About 7 1/8" X 10". In Excellent Condition, Mounted Archivally On Card Some Time In The 1940'S Or 1950'S And, I Believe, Purchased At A Sf Auction (Possibly Associated With A Convention];From The Estate Of A E Van Vogt. Original Art Work From The Great Age Of The Beginnings Of Modern Science Fiction Circa 1939 - 1950 Is Now Uncommon.

Reading: Fantasy Press, 1949. First Edition . Purple Cloth. Near Fine Book/Fine Dustjacket. Donnell. First Edition, first binding (per Currey, purple cloth) near fine in an as-new bright fine DJ, with an inserted limitation plate, #5 of 250 copies signed by Campbell, one of the scarcer Fantasy Press limited editions; Campbell is said to have refused to sign more than 250 copies, and the remainder of the 500 copies were issued with unsigned limitation plates.

London (1958; 1961): Severn House, 1976. First British Hardcover Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 171 Pp. Purple Boards, Gilt. First Uk Hardcover Edition, Inscribed By The Author. A Bright, Clean Book With Two Small Dents Along Bottom Edge Of Boards, Otherwise Fine. Dust Jacket Not Price-Clipped, With Rubbing At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips. Hugo Award 1958. Inscribed By Leiber In July 1977 With "All The Best From Greta And All..." And Signed By Leiber.

London: Methuen, (Circa 1940), 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good Book/Good- Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon. Light Blue Boards. First Edition, First Impression, Later Issue But No Indication Of Later Printing. Shorter Binding (18.3 Cm Tall), Blue-Violet Cloth With Black Print (Format Different Than First Binding), No Ads, Using First Impression Sheets. Dustjacket Is Identical To First Issue, Priced 7S6p At Lower Front Flap, Except It Is Trimmed To 185.6 Mm (Considerably Taller Than This Issue Of The Book, But Shorter Than The First Issue Dj), And Has A Printed Paper Label "Offered At 2'- Net Ex-Libris" At Foot Of Spine, Above The Publisher's Name. This Binding And This Labelling Of The Dustjacket Is Not Listed In Satty & Smith's Definitive Bibliography. Satty & Smith's A6.1.1.4, First Edition, First Impression, Fourth Issue (March 1939, 555 Copies), Has The First Issue Binding, And Includes The Later Ads, In A Dj With A New Price Of 2'6P Attached To The… Read More

(Glendale): Roy A. Squires, 1979. First Edition . Wrappers. Fine. 9 3/8" x 6 1/4. Chapbook, One Of The Last From Squires. #30 Of A Stated 230 Copies Printed From Post Roman And Hadrian Stone Cut Types, On Specially Made Paper By Twinrocler, With Covers Of Regina Katusha Made By Barcham Greene In England, The Wrappers Of French Marble, Numbered And Signed By Bradbury On The Colophon. With An Original Typed Four Line Letter Requesting A Review, Dated March 29, 1980, Signed By Roy Squires. Also With (The Enclosed) Photocopy Of The Full Page Publicity "Announcement" Including A Full Explanation Of How It Is Considered A Martian Chronicle, Describing How The Manuscript Was Stored By Bradbury In A Manila Folder Upon Which Was Written "A Martian Chronicle"; At The Bottom Of The Announcement Is A Note In Marker "Looks Fine To Me! Ray Bradbury 9/1/79", All Photocopied, No Original Signature On The Announcement.

Denver, Colorado: Gorgon Press, 1948. First Edition (De Luxe Limited) . Red Leatherette. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8 5/8" Tall. Signed on copyright page by Stanley Mullen and Roy Hunt. "This edition is limited to 1, 000 copies of which this is Number 4." The author has crossed out the number 1,000 and written above the line..."De Luxe-limited to 30 copies", as it is one of 30 copies bound in red leatherette . Stanley Mullen and Roy Hunt have signed below "Number 4". 264 clean pages. [There is an even rarer edition of ten copies bound in lizard.] Covers, as new. This copy has a low number as it was given to Forrest Ackerman, noted SF agent, editor, fan, author, etc., who was Mullen's agent.

New York: Scribner And Sons, 1951. First Edition . Black Cloth. Very Good/Good + Dust Jacket. First Printing With The "A" On Copyright Page, First Dj With $2.50 Price On Front Flap. Book Is Clean And Solid, No Marks Or Damage, Small Area Just Beginning To Fray At Top And Bottom Of Spine At Two Lower Tips, Pages Beginning To Age. Dust Jacket Is Not Price-Clipped, $2.50, Is First Issue (Only Rocket Ship Galileo, Space Cadet, Red Planet, And Farmer In The Sky On Rear Panel), Worn At Folds And At Head And Foot Of Spine, With Small Losses At Four Tips, And 1 1/4" X 3/4" Chip At Upper Right Corner Of Rear Panel; Spine Panel Is Not Faded; Clear Tape Reinforcement On Inside Of Spine And One Flap Fold, With No Show-Through.