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The Man in the Brown Suit

The Man in the Brown Suit

The Man in the Brown Suit
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The Man in the Brown Suit

by Christie., Agatha

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VG/VG/ND
ISBN 10
0586045163
ISBN 13
9780586045169
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HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1983-01-01. 1st Edn. 6th. Imp.. Paperback. VG/VG/ND. Box X37 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 6th.* Date of Publication: 1983 (1978)* Publisher: Triad Granada.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated stiff card covers showing a faceless man in a brown suit and his shadow. Black & red titles to face and black to white spine strip. Some shelf wear to edges, none to head or tail of spine. Light creases to covers. VG.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning. Minimal paper colouration throughout especially to edges. Seems lightly. VG. * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 190 pp. text. ii pp. adverisements at rear.* Description:- Product Description:- More adventure than mystery, first published in 1924, The Man In The Brown Suit, is also a standalone novel from Christie in as much as it does not feature her famous detectives. (This was first published in The Evening Post in serialized form as Anna, The Adventurous - perhaps giving a clue as to the type of fun which is to follow!) A young woman, one Anne Beddingfield, arrives in London looking for just that - an adventure. She finds one. Anne is witness to the death of a man in the underground - she becomes sure that it was no accident. There follows the adventures of Anne where she travels far and wide seeking answers with just one clue in her possession. * This is a NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st thus. 6th. impression with some age and wear reducing it to VG.*

Synopsis

The Man in the Brown Suit is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head on August 22 1924 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
9977
Title
The Man in the Brown Suit
Author
Christie., Agatha
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - VG/VG/ND
Edition
1st Edn. 6th. Imp.
ISBN 10
0586045163
ISBN 13
9780586045169
Publisher
HarperCollins Distribution Services
Place of Publication
St Albans, Uk
Date Published
1983-01-01
Pages
192
X weight
g

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