Vodi by Braine John (95 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Befriedigend. 235 S. in Englisch; gebräunt, Einband berieben und teils knickfaltig LIEFERZEITEN / DELIVERY TIMES: DEUTSCHLAND 6 - 10 Tage EUROPA/EUROPE: 7 - 30 Tage/Days USA/WELTWEIT/WORLDWIDE: 14 - 60 Tage/Days (!!!) +++ Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ.NOT EX LIBRARY. Minimal wear to hard back book. 283 pages. Pages are clean,bright and tight. No name or inscription.Minor,pale foxing to page fore edge and endpapers.

Condition: Fair. 1962. Reprinted. 235 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front reverse cover. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Good. 1962. 235 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. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: 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 marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit marked and worn. Scarring to the front pastedown. A rubber stamp and a small scribble. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is slightly shelf rubbed. There is some tanning. Internaly clean and tightly bound. [TM]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Vodi 0.52. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue cloth, some freckling to edges. Faint cocking to spine. White dustjacket which is somewhat darkened.

Condition: Very Good. 1959. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1959. Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. . . . .

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Slightly smaller book, dark cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, spine lightly slanted, 283 pages. DJ beneath mylar, colorfully designed, back lightly browned. Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book.

paperback. Condition: Good. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

First edition. Hardcover. Edges and endpapers slightly spotted, bookseller's label on front paste-down, o/w very good in very good dustjacket with a few closed tears and minor soiling. Author's second novel.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Cover Drawing By Paul Hogarth (illustrator). First Edition of This Edition. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! Size: Mass Market Paperback. Not Signed or Inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. From Wikipedia: Dick Corvey is suffering from advanced tuberculosis in a provincial sanitarium. While confined to bed 24 hours a day, he meditates on various events from his earlier life, his friendship with Tom, his relationships with women, especially his brief engagement with Lois who abandoned him when his virtually hopeless condition had become apparent. A recurring theme is that of the Vodi, a malevolent race of small creatures invented by Tom when at school. The chief concern of the Vodi is to persecute and destroy the unlucky: the good and harmless people who invite the wrath of the Vodi by these very qualities (while the undeserving minority can enjoy good fortune and all life's comforts unhampered). Among others, Dick is tended by Nurse Evelyn Mallaton, whose sympathy and strong sexual attraction eventually give him the energy to rally against the disease and recover. However, while attracted to Dick, Evelyn understands his lack of prospects in the world and becomes engaged to a local businessman. Here emerges the main theme of the book: what Dick perceived as the distinction between the undeserved good and bad luck may in fact be the difference between a strong will and the lack of it. The novel ends with Dick bravely leaving the sanitarium where he has been offered a safe nursing job, to try to establish himself in the world on his own and perhaps get Evelyn back. The novel appears to have been unsuccessful on publication and rarely reprinted. Nevertheless, the book was Braine's own favorite, and the critic Martin Seymour-Smith described it as a "more interesting and imaginative work" than Room at the Top. The novelist M. John Harrison names The Vodi as one of his favorite books of all time, defining its genre as "kitchen sink gothic". This copy is near fine in blue cloth with silver titles on the spine. The ink name of a previous owner is at the top of the ffep. No other marks or damage. The clipped DJ is also near fine, with just slight soiling, and is now in a protective mylar sleeve. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 263 pp, blue boards, a little faded to spine. Previous owner's name deleted on flyleaf, and a few light spots on foredge, otherwise a clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First. 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, he meditates on various events from his earlier life, his friendship with Tom, his relationships with women, especially his brief engagement with Lois who abandoned him when his virtually hopeless condition had become apparent. A recurring theme is that of the Vodi, a malevolent race of small creatures invented by Tom when at school. The chief concern of the Vodi is to persecute and destroy the unlucky: the good and harmless people who invite the wrath of the Vodi by these very qualities (while the undeserving minority can enjoy good fortune and all life's comforts unhampered). Among others, Dick is tended by Nurse Evelyn Mallaton, whose sympathy and strong sexual attraction eventually give him the energy to rally against the disease and recover. However, while attracted to Dick, Evelyn understands his lack of prospects in the world and becomes engaged to a local businessman. Here emerges the main theme of the book: what Dick perceived as the distinction between the undeserved good and bad luck may in fact be the difference between a strong will and the lack of it. The novel ends with Dick bravely leaving the sanitarium where he has been offered a safe nursing job, to try to establish himself in the world on his own and perhaps get Evelyn back. The novel appears to have been unsuccessful on publication and rarely reprinted. Nevertheless, the book was Braine's own favourite, and the critic Martin Seymour-Smith described it as a "more interesting and imaginative work" than Room at the Top. The novelist M. John Harrison names The Vodi as one of his favourite books of all time, defining its genre as "kitchen sink gothic". This copy is near fine with just slight bumping at the corners and spine ends. No other marks or damage at all. The clipped DJ shows just slight edge wear, . CH.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d.j. 1st Edition. 283pp. Blue cloth, silver titles. No d.j. No inscriptions or fading.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1st Vg/Vg. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1962 First Penguin Edition - Will be sent Royal Mail 1st Class Priority Post.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Vg. no dj. hardcovers. no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg clean copy. 1st.

VG/VG no inscription. not price-clipped. First. 1st endpaper is neatly removed. dj is slightly sunned to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Impression. 1959 First Edition, First Impression. Size Octavo, 7.5" x 4.75", 283 pages. Blue hard cover with silver titles to the spine. White dust jacket with inset photo and yellow and pink titles. Book condition very good, corners and edges slightly rubbed, few spots to endpapers else fine, contents very clean. Dust jacket condition very good, a bit dust marked, spine faded, small mark to top edge, spine ends slightly creased, fully intact, now protected, not price clipped, price 16s net. Fiction, a novel about a man who is a failure, who is dying, and finally starts to fight for what he wants for the first time in his life.

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

mass market paperback. Condition: acceptable; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED12mo; 235 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; scuffs to cover; tanned pages; spine slanting; stain back end page; tips bumped; few nicks to edges cover; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.