A Pocket Full of Rye.
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Collins Crime Club, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 191 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Sunning to spine. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Synopsis
A Pocket Full of Rye is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 9, 1953 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6) and the US edition at $2.75. The book features her detective Miss Marple.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1708434055ABS
- Title
- A Pocket Full of Rye.
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins Crime Club
- Date Published
- 1953
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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