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ABC Murders, The
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0006167241
- ISBN 13
- 9780006167242
- Seller
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Fontana/Collins, 1987. Price Clipped. Please Email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. This IS a Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. NEAR FINE (NEAR BRAND NEW)/No Jacket. Illus. by Not Illustrated. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK.
Synopsis
The A.B.C. Murders is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on January 6, 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company on February 14 of the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The book features the characters of Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp. The form of the novel is unusual, combining first and third-person narrative.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfarm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 565422
- Title
- ABC Murders, The
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- Not Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- This IS a Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0006167241
- ISBN 13
- 9780006167242
- Publisher
- Fontana/Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE
- Size
- MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
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