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The Witness for the Prosecution: The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553350072
- ISBN 13
- 9780553350074
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
Item Price
A$106.31A$95.68
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About This Item
Book issued without a dust jacket.Black vinyl (similar to leather) boards with gold writing on spine; female silhouette wearing a hat and "The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection" embossed in gold on front board. Book is in Fine condition with illustrated interior boards; pages and text are still crisp and clean.
Very rare "black leather" edition of Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution. First Edition, Second Printing as indicated by number line of "0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2" on copyright page.
A 2018 article in beautifulbooks.info details how this UK edition carries 11 short stories rather than the 9 stories in the US Witness for the Prosecution and is much harder to find. This copy for sale has the 11 stories, as can be seen in the photo of the Table of Contents, and has the word "The" starting the book's title thus confirming the rarer UK version.
Very rare "black leather" edition of Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution. First Edition, Second Printing as indicated by number line of "0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2" on copyright page.
A 2018 article in beautifulbooks.info details how this UK edition carries 11 short stories rather than the 9 stories in the US Witness for the Prosecution and is much harder to find. This copy for sale has the 11 stories, as can be seen in the photo of the Table of Contents, and has the word "The" starting the book's title thus confirming the rarer UK version.
Synopsis
Dame Agatha Christie is the world’s best-known mystery writer. Her books have sold over two billion copies worldwide and have been translated into 44 foreign languages. During a writing career that spanned more than half a century, she created two of the world’s most famous detectives. Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. The author of 79 novels and short story collections, she was also an accomplished playwright--one of her 14 plays, The Mousetrap , is the longest-running play in history. She published six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott and wrote four non-fiction books, including an autobiography. Several of her books, including Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile , were made into hugely successful films. She died in 1976.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHRST002
- Title
- The Witness for the Prosecution
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0553350072
- ISBN 13
- 9780553350074
- Publisher
- Bantam Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- September 1, 1983
- Pages
- 217
- Keywords
- agatha christie; the witness for the prosecution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Mystery; Short Stories Collection;
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I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
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