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Murder is Easy
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$663.44A$597.09
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About This Item
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The sought after first edition of this standalone Agatha Christie murder mystery. The first edition, first impression.A wonderful murder-mystery from the Queen of Crime, in which retired police officer Luke Fitzwilliam attempts to discover the identity of a serial killer who is active in a small village.A contemporary article in the New York Times Book Review remarked on this as 'one of Agatha Christie's best mystery novels, a story fascinating in its plot, clever and lively in its characters and brilliant in its technique'.With a former owner's inscription to the head of the title page.With two pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, exceptionally bright. A touch of fading to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Small closed tear to half title tail at gutter. Inscription to head of title page. Pages exceptionally bright. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
Murder is Easy is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on June 5, 1939 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in September of the same year under the title of Easy to Kill. It features her recurring detective, Superintendent Battle. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 873F44
- Title
- Murder is Easy
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club by Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- hercule poirot miss marple golden age of detective fiction miss marple
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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