![]() ![]() It is fantastic, frightening, but entirely plausible-'. ***'"The Day of the Triffids" is one of the very few books of its kind that can stand comparison with "The War of the Worlds", "The Time Machine", and the other astonishing science-novels of H. ***272 pages with a publisher's list of other books by John Wyndham on the inside of the back cover. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No reading creases to the spine, just a slight reading curve. The covers have some light wear and marks commensurate with age and handling, but are very clean, with none of the usual browning that is often found. ***A Near fine copy in illustrated card covers. The front cover drawing by John Griffiths shows a 'band' of triffids passing the Tower of London. Originally published in hardback in the UK in 1951 by Michael Joseph, and first published as a paperback in 1954 by Penguin Books. ![]() ![]() A 1963 eighth printing of the first paperback edition - Penguin Catalogue No. John Griffiths (Cover art) (illustrator). Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. ![]()
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