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Come Tell Me How You Live
by Mallowan, Agatha Christie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1946. xi, (3), 225, (1) pp. Octavo. Original blue cloth boards and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge trimmed and foredge untrimmed. Endpapers have B&W photographic illustrations. Dust jacket has some minor chipping at the top of the spine. Jacket is price clipped. A very good copy in an unfaded dust wrapper with minor wear. Anecdotal stories from Christie during her time spent on archaeological expeditions in Iran and Syria with her husband, Dr. Max Mallowan. 1946
Synopsis
Come, Tell Me How You Live is a short book of autobiography and travel literature by crime writer Agatha Christie. It is one of only two books she wrote and had published under both of her married names of "Christie" and "Mallowan" (the other being Star Over Bethlehem and other stories) and was first published in the UK in November 1946 by William Collins and Sons and in the same year in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company.
Reviews
On May 25 2012, Cat 4 Paws said:
A must for Agatha junkies, although not her usual fare. It is an account of her journeys to Syria with her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan. As Agatha says, "It is, in fact, small beer--a very little book, full of every day doings and happenings." It is comical at times, and sad at times. It also gives an unintended view of the attitudes and standards of westerners in a backward Middle Eastern country in the 1930s. Still, beautifully written. The book itself was "used - like new" and was in perfect condition, leather bound, and from a "collection". Delivery was prompt. I think I love this site. Prices were lower than Amazon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142663
- Title
- Come Tell Me How You Live
- Author
- Mallowan, Agatha Christie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Agatha Christie|Archaeology|Middle Eastern Archaeology
Terms of Sale
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Aquila Books
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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