Come, Tell Me How You Live
by Mallowan, Agatha Christie
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1946. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 225p octavo. A very good copy in blue cloth boards. Boards are spotted and rubbed,with minor wear to extremities, gilt lettering on spine partially rubbed off. Top edge of text block and end papers are foxed and lightly soiled. Previous owner's name penned on first free end paper. An interesting account of Agatha Christie's life travelling with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan through Syria and Iraq.
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
- Old New York Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50042
- Title
- Come, Tell Me How You Live
- Author
- Mallowan, Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...