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Passenger To Frankfurt
by Christie, Agatha
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0396062350
- ISBN 13
- 9780396062356
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Good+ Condition. No Jacket. Passenger to Frankfurt is the book written by Agatha Christie to mark her 80th birthday-- an international intrigue that sweeps across Europe. Green cloth binding in cleanm, lightly sunned along edges, spine sunned, light wear to spine heel. Solidand tight binding, square. Pages quite clean, lightly toned, no marks of any kind, no creases. 272 pages. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 1970, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York
Synopsis
When a bored diplomat is approached in a bleak airport by a woman whose life is in danger, he agrees in a moment of weakness to lend her his passport and boarding ticket. Suddenly, Stafford Nye's own life is on the line, and he is caught in a web of international intrigue. To escape he must outwit the power-crazed Countess von Waldsausen, hell-bent on world domination.In 1970, Passenger to Frankfurt was published to coincide with Christie's eightieth year. On publication, the novel was the largest printing ever of a first edition Christie. The 58,000 copies sold out quickly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025021
- Title
- Passenger To Frankfurt
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0396062350
- ISBN 13
- 9780396062356
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BRITISH MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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