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Subject: Old Triffids paperback
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 06:28:14 EDT
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> From: jcr@Mitre-Bedford	(Jeff Rogers)

> While passing by the "used-books-for-a-quarter" table at a local library
> last week, I picked up an early paperback edition of Wyndham's "The Day
> of The Triffids," and I'm now wondering: might it be the first PB edition
> of that novel?
>
> This edition was actually published under the title "Revolt of the Triffids,"
> but with the original title in small print in parentheses on the cover. The
> cover illo itself was pretty pulpy, with a triffid menacing a frightened
> woman whose shredded blouse only slightly concealed her torso.
>
> It was published by Popular Library in March, 1952. Other copyrights found
> inside are 1951 by Doubleday & Co. and 1951 by Crowell-Collier Publishing
> Co. Also on the copyright page was the note, "Originally published under
> the title 'The Day of the Triffids.'"
>
> Just consider this another chance for Jerry Boyajian to show his genius.

Flattery will get you anywhere.

The early publication history of DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, is as follows:

(1) COLLIER'S	1/6/51-2/10/51 (6-part serial)
(2) Doubleday	1951	(first US hardcover)
(3) M. Joseph	1951	(first UK hardcover)
(4) Popular Lib	1952	(first US paperback) [as REVOLT...]
(5) Penguin	1954	(first UK paperback)


--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA)

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