John Wyndham : The Day of the Triffids : 1st/1st US Edition 1951

The Day of the Triffids

By John Wyndham

Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1951. First US Edition as stated on the copyright page. This US edition preceded the British edition. The British edition also has has textual differences. Hardback book in original unclipped dust jacket. 8vo. 222 pages.

CONDITION
A very good first edition. The dust jacket remains unclipped and in very good condition with no tears, very light grubbiness to rear panel of jacket. Boards and spine are very good. Little age-toning to endpapers. ALl contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. No writing or names to the book. Overall a fine copy of this first US edition.

FROM THE FRONT FLAP OF THE DUST JACKET:
"The Day of the Triffids . . . John Wyndham . . . London had gone blind  --  except for the lucky few who missed seeing the ‘entertainment,’ the pale green flickering light in the heavens . . . Now was the chance for the triffids to take over . . . The triffids had caused considerable excitement when they first appeared, but people soon lost their curiosity.  There was nothing so odd about a plant that could walk.  They were harmless, after their sting had been removed, and they were an excellent source of food.  But now . . . At first there was chaos.  The few who could see, people like Bill Masen and Josella Playton, were helpless in the panic of a sightless London.  Together they fought against the plans of those who wanted to revert to the same tense world they had known  --  and together they fought the deadly menace of the triffids . . . This is top-notch science fiction  --  expertly written by an author who combines realism and fantasy in a racing, action-packed story . . . “

FROM THE REAR FLAP OF THE DUST JACKET:  
“John Wyndham was born and educated in England.  He was in London during the blitz and then fought from Normandy to Germany with the Royal Signals . . . Published in England during the thirties, Mr. Wyndham has had stories in Collier’s and various science-fiction magazines in America since the war.  THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS is his first book to be published in the United States“

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