The Mysterious Mr Quin
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good (BELOW AVERAGE)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Int.,: Penguin Books Ltd., 1953. NOTE FOR SEARCHERS :THIS BOOK IS NOT "SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR>Outer spine torn. Browned pages and for'edges. 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!. Not Signed or Inscribed.. This is the FIRST EDITION of This Editio. Card Cover.. Good (BELOW AVERAGE)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Mass Market Paperback.
Synopsis
The Mysterious Mr. Quin is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on April 14 1930 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. Each chapter or story involves a separate mystery that is solved through the interaction between the characters of the elderly Mr. Satterthwaite and the eponymous Mr.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfarm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 999002682
- Title
- The Mysterious Mr Quin
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (BELOW AVERAGE)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- This is the FIRST EDITION of This Editio
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Int.,
- Date Published
- 1953
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