Death Grass by Christopher John (88 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Uncommon adapted edition. Adapted by David Fickling. Alpha Science Fiction. 1000 headword level. Cover art by Tony Roberts. Classic 1970s vintage artwork to front cover. Mass market paperback. Printed in Great Britain. Shelfwear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 96pp. Scarce. SB-87.

Condition: Good. 1963. Reprinted. 191 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.11.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st printing (1958). 185pp. G+ clean copy, covers lightly worn, front cover starting to separate at spine ends, spine a little darkened.

Soft cover. Condition: Good +. First Edition. 185pp. Uncommon in this edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback, 1st Penguin edition, in very good condition. Previous owner's name penned to top of front cover, slightly scuffed along bottom edges. Lightly tanned to cover and pageblock. Pages clean throughout. AD. Used.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Hector Garrido (illustrator). 2nd U.S. paperback edition/printing (1967 Avon S288 Canadian printing). Fine, unread condition. Sharp copy of this paperback edition with new cover art. Great story - made into a film.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. VG. Uncredited wrap-around cover art.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Separate. 2/6 Unabridged Edition. Penguin orange and cream livery. Firmly bound with some tanning to pages and marks to covers.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Dunn, Tom (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. First US paperback edition. Pocket 1183. First published in the US by Simon and Schuster in 1956. Originally published in the UK by Michael Joseph in 1956. Heavy edge rubbing to the spine with some cracking along the edges at the bottom on either side. Light edge and surface wear to the covers. previous owner's name in pen to the inside of the front cover. Browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Tom Dunn. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1958. First edition, in orange Penguin paperback, No. 1300. Covers are very slightly browned and lightly soiled o/w a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: POOR. Dust Jacket Condition: NONE. Rear board has been water damaged. Cloth is wrinkled. As is. Reading copy Novels of tomorrow. Also has a magic marker X on front cover and a remainder mark on bottom edge.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 184 pp; moderate spotting on the cover and paste downs; mild edge and shelf wear; moderate tanning throughout and on edges; book stamp on the back paste down. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1958 Penguin Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good+ clean tight binding with classic penguin cover design as shown.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Pb Edition. Almost as new 1st edition paperback. Appears unread merely showing signs of age with slightly tanned pages. No creasing on spine.

1st edition, very good black cloth hardcover, no dj. 230p. Past pwners name on endpaper.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is the cleanest and tightest copy I have ever seen. It has no flaws other than the passing of the years. It has no owner names or any serious sign of usage. It may well be an unread copy. It has been obviously looked after since 1958. Clean first edition of the first paperback.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Trevor Denning illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with some light marks to the cloth on the upper board. The contents, with mild foxing to the endpapers and sporadically to the first and last pages and top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased, price-clipped dustwrapper, the spine a little toned, with mild foxing to the verso which is lightly visible on the recto and is otherwise without loss or tears. The first of several post-apocalyptic science fiction novels under the John Christopher pseudonym. Later published in America in book form and serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, under the title 'No Blade of Grass'. The title was retained for the 1970 Cornel Wilde film adaptation starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Trevor Denning illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a short closed tear and small crease to the bottom edge of the front endpaper and the odd infrequent spot to the page margins, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears at the edges and is without loss. Not price-clipped (10s 6d on the front flap). The first of several post-apocalyptic science fiction novels under the John Christopher pseudonym. Later published in America in book form and serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, under the title 'No Blade of Grass'. The title was retained for the 1970 Cornel Wilde film adaptation starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition. Octavo. 213 pages. A celebrated science fiction novel of ecological disaster. On the front pastedown is the bookplate of Felix Dennis, publisher, poet and, of course, one of the Oz Three.Free endpapers faintly spotted. Very good indeed in very good indeed, price-clipped dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges.

Hardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK, 1st impression. One of the acclaimed "Novels of Tomorrow" published in the 1950s alongside works such as The Chrysalids, this niche and cult apocalyptic novel considers an Earthwithout plant life. There areno marks or inscriptions except one small owner's name to endpaper. Endpapers foxed along with some page edges but internals generally clean and tight. The jacket islargely intact with some losses to spine top and rear top-edge. Corners bumped. Rear somewhat grubby.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's second novel. 8vo. 230pp. Black boards lettered in white at the spine. Tip of one corner bumped, edges lightly spotted and with just a trace of additional spotting to several preliminary leaves. A minor slant to the binding. A very good copy in non-price-clipped (10s 6d net) pictorial dust wrapper featuring a handsome design by Trevor Denning, lightly chafed at the head of the spine panel and at the tips of several corners, and just a little dust marked at the predominantly white rear panel. A super copy of the author's post-apocalyptic science fiction novel (re-titled 'No Blade of Grass' for the US edition, in order for it to sound less "like something out of a gardening catalogue").

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Trevor Denning(Cover Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. The Death of Grass by John Christopher (First Edition) A sharp, firm copy with minor spine lean. A few spots of foxing to fore edge of text block. Bright as new spine colors Price-clipped. A bright pictorial jacket with minor wear to edges. Minor foxing to rear panel. In clear protective cover. First published 1956, stated. Black cloth with white lettering; 231 pp. The Author's best-known book. Post-apocalyptic science fiction about the relentless transformation of England when the balance of nature is upset. Cross-contamination and the swift death of grass and rice on an international scale lead to global starvation, carnage, anarchy and a rapid descent to barbarism. The basis of the 1970 MGM film starring Nigel Davenport "No Blade of Grass" directed by Cornell Wilde. BOOK.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Spine tips slightly pushed and a couple of tiny bumps to the boards otherwise VG indeed in a VG+ D/W very slightly dust-soiled to the back panel and with a touch of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Quite scarce. An unusual and absorbing piece of post-apocalyptic science fiction about the relentless transformation of England when the balance of nature is upset. Cross-contamination and the swift death of grass and rice on an international scale lead to global starvation, carnage, anarchy and a rapid descent to barbarism. The basis of the 1970 movie (No Blade of Grass) starring Nigel Davenport. The Author's best-known book.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Page edges slightly tanned otherwise a VG+ copy in a near fine D/W with one brown spot to the back panel which is otherwise really clean and un-soiled. The spine lettering is still white (unusual thus). Quite scarce. An unusual and absorbing piece of post-apocalyptic science fiction about the relentless transformation of England when the balance of nature is upset. Cross-contamination and the swift death of grass and rice on an international scale lead to global starvation, carnage, anarchy and a rapid descent to barbarism. The basis of the 1970 movie (No Blade of Grass) starring Nigel Davenport. The Author's best-known book.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK edition. Off-setting to both sets of end-papers and a former owner's name and address on the front paste-down otherwise a VG+ copy in a near fine price-clipped D/W with the spine lettering still white (unusual thus) and a nice, clean and bright back panel. A very nice copy indeed. A rapidly-mutating virus wipes out all of the Earth's grasses, including grain crops.