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A.B.C. Murders
by Christie Agatha
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0553350021
- ISBN 13
- 9780553350029
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0553350021 . Black faux leather boards with gilt titles on cover and spine. Marble free end-papers. Previous owner's blind stamp on half title page, no other marks in book. Very clean, tight copy. Top of spine bumped." Agatha Christie Mystery Collection"; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 194 pages .
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
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 851
- Title
- A.B.C. Murders
- Author
- Christie Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0553350021
- ISBN 13
- 9780553350029
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0553350021, MYSTERY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Mystery;
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- Tight
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- Half Title
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
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