The Vodi

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small owner name, light wear, near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket with light overall soiling and wear. Inscribed by the author: "To Michael Curtis - My favorite book - which he will understand - John Braine. 1981." Braine's second book.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. 283 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. From Wikipedia: "The Vodi is a novel by John Braine, first published in the United Kingdom in 1959 by Eyre & Spottiswoode. A revised version was published in 1978. Dick Corvey is suffering from advanced tuberculosis in a provincial sanitarium. While confined to bed 24 hours a day,… Read more about this item

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 283pp. Slightly cocked very good or better copy with foxing to the endpapers and perimeter of the text block with near fine dustwrapper a touch sunning at the spine and light light general wear. Braine's second book.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. Publisher's advance proof of the author's second book. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. While confined to bed with advanced tuberculosis in a provincial sanitarium, Dick Corvey meditates on various events from his earlier life and is visited by the Vodi, a malevolent race of small creatures who seek to persecute and destroy… Read more about this item

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers' original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. The author's second novel, following the outstanding success of 'Room at the Top'.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo. Blue paper boards. 283 pp. Soiling to top edge of text block. Slight toning to interior. Dust jacket is age toned, darkened to spine, bumped to extremities, sticker ghost to upper spine, orig. price covered with new price sticker.

London: Penguin Books, 1962. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Slight darkening to spine, light browning to page edges and margins. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20.… Read more about this item

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's second book. 8vo. 283pp. Blue boards lettered and ruled in silver at the spine. The faint ghost of former owner pencilled numerals to the tip of the front free endpaper. A very nice, bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little dust… Read more about this item

GB: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/nrVG DW.

Penguin Book, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 236 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… Read more about this item

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 283 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Jacket is in plastic wrapper. 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. Soft cover. Good. Advance state of the first edition of the author's second novel.. Spiral bound softcover. The cover show some edgewear with soiling.

LONDON: EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE. F/VG. 1959. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH SOMELIGHT DAMP STAINING ON THE SPINE PANEL, A PUNCTURE ON THE BACK FLAP ATTHE GUTTER, AND LIGHT TANNING OF THE WHITE AREAS. A NICE COPY.. Keywords: NOVEL, ANGRY YOUNG MEN, INVISIBLE, ABCDEF.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959 (500 gram rate) spine leans, lacks dust jacket, foxed closed edges, gift inscription to fep. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Eyre & Spottiswode, 1959-01-01. 1st. Softcover. Good. Plain brown paper covers with a pasted on front panel label. Probable advance copy (proof?) with no date on title page and just a printer's statement on the copyright page. The covers are edge rubbed, have faint diagonal and edge wrinkles, a more pronounced (5 1/2")diagonalbottom rear panel crease,… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. First Penguin Edition. 236 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… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1962. Paperback. Acceptable. 1962. Reprinted. 236 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.

Penguin, 1962. paperback. Good. 5x1x8. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

UK: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 190x130x27mm. 190x130x27mm+349g . . Eyre and Spottiswoode. UK. 1959. First Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp283. Blue cloth hard boards, silver lettering to spine, in original dust jacket, unclipped. Book block foxed, head and foot of spine slight roll. This was Braine's own favourite. M John Harrison names… Read more about this item