The Tripods | A Trilogy by John Christopher (Kestrel Books, 1984)
The Tripods – A Trilogy
John Christopher (Kestrel Books, 1984)
Young adult science-fiction about an alien race enslaving humans.
Originally published in the 1960s – The White Mountains (1967), The City of Gold and Lead (1967), and The Pool of Fire (1968) – these copies being published in 1984 which coincided neatly with the BBC-TV adaptation broadcast 1984-5.
Hardback – glazed pictorial boards. pp 156, 159, 155. Size: 8.75 x 5.5 inches approx. (223mm x 140mm).
Lightly knocked to spine ends and the corner tips of boards; spines slightly cocked. A little spotted to edges of page-blocks and occasional corner creases to pages but generally clean throughout.
Overall, showing signs of being handled and read but otherwise nice, clean copies – uncommon in this edition.
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