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WYNDHAM, John (i.e. John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, 1903-1969). The Day of the Triffids. Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. 8°. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in green, dust-jacket by Whitney Bender (spine a little rubbed at head). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The book was first serialised in Collier's Magazine (from 6 January 1951), before being published in book form by Doubleday, preceding its British equivalent but with textual cuts. Currey p. 221.
WYNDHAM, J. The Midwich Cuckoos. London: Michael Joseph, 1957. 8°. Original black buckram, dust-jacket by Dick Hart (a little rubbed and stained). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: John Apap Bologna (bookplate). Currey p. 222; and 12 others by Wyndham, all in dust-jackets, including first English editions of The Kraken Wakes, 1953; Jizzle, 1954, his first collection of stories; The Chrysalids, 1955; The Seeds of Time, 1956; and the first American edition of The Midwich Cuckoos, NY, [1958]. (14)
WYNDHAM, J. The Midwich Cuckoos. London: Michael Joseph, 1957. 8°. Original black buckram, dust-jacket by Dick Hart (a little rubbed and stained). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: John Apap Bologna (bookplate). Currey p. 222; and 12 others by Wyndham, all in dust-jackets, including first English editions of The Kraken Wakes, 1953; Jizzle, 1954, his first collection of stories; The Chrysalids, 1955; The Seeds of Time, 1956; and the first American edition of The Midwich Cuckoos, NY, [1958]. (14)
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