The Trouble with Lichen by Wyndham John, First Edition (38 results)

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 449, good , 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.

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. First Edition. nice copy without dj.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Ballantine Books, 1960. 12mo. Paperback. Code of 449K on cover and spine. Book is very good with light toning to the page ends. Covers have some light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

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.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Cover art by Richard Powers. Mass market paperback. Wrappers moderately rubbed and bumped, a few small stains along the edges, a few page overopened, very good.

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. 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!

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.

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.

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

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Richard Powers (illustrator). 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. Ballantine book No. 449K with a price of 35cents. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris (10 July 1903 11 March 1969) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes. Some of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes. His best known works include The Day of the Triffids (1951) , filmed in 1962, and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) , which was filmed in 1960 as Village of the Damned, in 1995 under the same title, and again in 2022 in Sky Max under its original title. " (from Wikipedia).

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

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.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, published by Michael Joseph in 1960. Unclipped dust jacket with a neatly repaired tear to the bottom edge of the front flap, with some edge wear, and tanning to the spine and back, now in a smart removable protective wrapper. Black cloth effect covers are tidy, bright gilt lettering to the spine, slight lean, edge of page block with a few minor marks. Pages with variable age toning, a few marks pages, one which runs through several pages, no inscriptions. Good condition. Brilliant Sci-fi novel in which biochemists discover an element in a rare lichen which will dramatically slow the process of aging.

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.

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.

12mo. 189, [1] pp. Black tweed boards, gilt lettering on spine (occasional minor foxing), w/ d.j. cover art by Hugh Marshall (minor creasing & dustsoiling back cover), still VG/VG copy. First edition of this fascinating and feminist dystopian satire by the noted science fiction author, seta against the backdrop of a biochemist empowering women through the anti-aging properties of a scarce lichen by preserving their beauty and youth.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "First published by MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD" on the copyright page of this UK hardcover, so the first edition per Currey and ISFDB. This book is in very good condition, marred only by a UK bookstore sticker on its front pastedown, a label removal scrape on its front end paper, slight lean, and light bumps on its spine ends. Its binding is sound, with no spine crease. Covers are unmarked and otherwise unworn, with bright gilt titles on its spine. Pages are unmarked and unworn, with no apparent age toning. Its dust jacket, now protected by a removable mylar cover, is also in very good condition: bright and unmarked, with a price-clipped front flap, a 1/2" closed tear in its front top edge, and some very light wear on its spine ends, but otherwise whole and unworn. I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its new owner in the same condition as my description.

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.

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.