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Eyre and Spottiswoode. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955 8vo., red publisher's boards lettered in black to backstrip; complete in the vibrant black, red and blue dust jacket featuring an illustration by Lowen (neatly price clipped); pp. [vi], 7-192; a couple of very small stains to boards; lightly compressed to spine tips; previous bookseller sticker to front paste-down; rear endpaper lightly offset; text minimally and evenly toned throughout; in the bright dust wrapper which is just slightly rubbed to extremities; very minimal fading to the red along the spine; one very small closed tear to the rear panel discretely repaired internally with tape; a beautiful copy, otherwise, of this classic thriller.  First UK edition.  The Body Snatchers was originally serialised in Collier's magazine in November-December 1954, and appeared in book form the following year. Set in Mill Valley, California, the story involves a plague of alien seed pods who infiltrate the small…

First edition copies of 'The Body Snatchers' can be identified by the publisher Eyre & Spottiswoode on the title page and the copyright date 1955. Original dust jackets are scarce but feature an illustrated scene with dark and eerie tones.