The Trouble with Lichen by Wyndham John, First Edition (40 results)

Condition: Good. 1963. First Edition Thus. 203 pages. Paperback book with pictorial 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition fourth printing.Octavo hardback. Black cloth gilt xiii + 192 pp. Very Good condition Previous owner has written extensive notes on rear endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Michael Joseph, London 1960. No marks or inscriptions. Mild browning/Spotting to endpages and page edges. Few small marks to Black cloth covers.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 449, very good -fine, , reading crease science fiction, paperback,

Condition: GOOD. Paperback original - first US printing. A book which asks the questions "Suppose you could extend your life to 300 healthy, active years with no infirmities of age? What would this secret be worth? What would you do to protect it?" One reviewer commented that "what Wyndham does here is think things through in what was, for the time, a rather surprising way: he looks at it from the feminist angle." (Guardian) One of the scientists behind this discovery was a woman, the granddaughter of a suffragist, and this novel explores how such a discovery will affect women's lives, and their expectations of life - and the reaction against women being empowered. Ballantine 449K, cover price 35 cents. 160 pp. Cover art by Richard Powers, Good overall - usual toning to pages, some toning to covers, minor wear. Note: vintage paperbacks are fragile and need to be handled with care.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Suppose you could extend your life to 300 healthy, active years with no infirmities of age. What would this secret be worth? What would you do to protect it? Who would you share it with? By the author of The Day of the Triffids. Cover illustration by Richard Powers. Mass market paperback. Publisher book number 449K, cover price $0.35. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Slight wave to the text block. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. nice copy without dj.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Ballantine Book original (paperback original); Ballantine Books number 449 K; cover price 35 cents; page edges tinted yellow; cover art by Richard Powers. The book is unmarked; spine cupped and lightly creased; age-toning to the pages; minor edgewear to the wraps; sleeve protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Slightly soiled black boards, the rear one with a 1 cm scratch; cocked spine lettered in gilt. Unclipped jacket with wear to four front corners, frayed at head and base of spine; brown stain down margin of rear internal flap. Internally name on free front endpaper plus a mild vertical crease and a 5 mm spot; 2 mm exposure of webbing in gutter prior to half title; contents a bit grey. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st Edition. First U.S. edition/printing with textual revisions from the first UK edition. Fine condition with the neat (and new for this edition) cover art by Powers!

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Ballantine code # 449K. Cover art by Richard Powers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. 190 pages. dj worn and small tear at rear. Spine faded. Text edge lightly foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this Canadian school edition, with discussion questions at end. Original printed hard covers. Some slight scuffing and soiling. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book. Very neat. 208pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 160 pages; Some minor rubbing, edgewear, and reading creases to the covers and spine. #449 K.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, second impression hardback in Very Good condition with a Good unclipped jacket. Black cloth boards, lightly bumped, covers clean, 190 pages, name to fep, end papers lightly tanned, scattered light use marks and wear, binding tight and square. Jacket has chipped to the spine ends with some scuffing to the edges, corners chipped with short tears, surface marked, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. Free standard airmail worldwide.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Paperback original (449K). Science fiction novel by British author of The Midwich Cuckoos and The Day of the Triffids. A chemical is extracted from lichen that can extend the human life-span to 300 years. What could go wrong? Near fine, with slight spine slant.

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. A Bright, Clean Copy. Iaj Ballantine's Own Copy. Had Publisher's Paper Labels On Cover And Spine Correcting The Publisher's Number To 630- But They Have Disappeared. With Label Indicating It Is From His Library.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book has mild edgewear and a light reading crease next to the spine with no store stamps. Ballantine 449 K. First edition, first printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st Edition. Vintage Paperback PBO Ballantine #449K. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original. " No Month, 1960, $.35 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear and just a hint of toning. Fresh and bright with no creases, tears or chipping. Another terrific cover by Richard Powers. A gorgeous collectable copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First US edition, first printing. Publisher's book number 449K, with 35¢ cover price. Cover art by Richard Powers. Textually different from the first British edition. "Good social psychology." Referenced in Barron; Anatomy of Wonder [1987], 3-416. Name on inside cover, else a very good copy. Book.

First printing. 18mo. 160 pp. No. 449K. Softcover, pictorial wraps, good tight copy. (78600).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Michael Joseph, London 1960. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Clean and bright Black cloth covers. Dustjacket not price clipped. Small closed tear to bottom front. Mild tanning to spine and rear.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition Complete & Unabridged. Clean deep red cloth on boards with gilt title. Edges: foxing. Clean contents. Binding is As New. 860p Dj: clean jacket. Moderate rubbing & scratches. Foot of spine with a 5 cm split to frontside edge and a 2 x 2cm section missing.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in decorated wrappers, a mass market paperback. 160pp. Q11218.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Trouble With Lichen' by John Wyndham. This book is a Penguin Book UK first edition, 1963. Paperback. A solid copy of this work of science fiction from 'The Day of the Triffids' author John Wyndham who also wrote the highly successful 'Midwich Cuckoos'. The front cover bears a few light creases and minor rub to edges. The back cover has a light crease to bottom. Spine is complete and bright with minor dots of rub. The contents are age-toned otherwise unmarked. Edge of text-block age toned. Overall, a solid copy of this first edition paperback novel. 'The Trouble With Lichen' concerns a female scientist who discovers that a chemical extracted from a rare type of lichen can slow down the ageing process. Not exlib ab packed and sent with care.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition hardback in Very Good condition. Black cloth boards, lightly bumped, light surface marks190 pages, inscription dated 1961 to fep, scattered minor use marks and wear, binding tight and square. Free standard airmail worldwide.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1960. Wyndham's novel about a chemical from an unusual strain of lichen that slows the aging process, enabling people to live to around 200-300 years. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. More images can be taken upon request. Ref A1234.

First edition. 1st edition. Black cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine; initials L.S. written on front free end paper, else pages neat & well-preserved. Blue dust jacket, not price clipped and showing 13s 6d. Tape marks and foxing splodge on reverse of jacket; closed tears on front folds, and base of spine; small chip from head of spine; spine slightly discoloured. Jacket covered with removable clear film. Used - Good. Good hardback in dust jacket.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Light shelf wear, slight shelf lean, faint tanning to the inside of the covers, and chipping to the edges and corners of the covers with slight creasing to the bottom outer corner of the rear cover. Used Book.