The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0396088708
- ISBN 13
- 9780396088707
- Seller
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Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
First THUS. Dust jacket has 1/4 inch straight-line tear along the top edge and additional light edge/corner wear. Thin black line drawn across bottom edge. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Tight binding; deckle edge. Stated First Edition.
Synopsis
The Secret of Chimneys is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in June 1925 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. It introduces the characters of, among others, Superintendent Battle and Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
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- Bookseller
- BooksGalore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0225-CHBK-BB-BX303-23.91
- Title
- The Secret of Chimneys
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The Winterbrook Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0396088708
- ISBN 13
- 9780396088707
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 312
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...