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After the Funeral (Fontana Books) 1st thus.
by CHRISTIE, Agatha
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
CHRISTIE, Agatha
After the Funeral (Fontana Books)
Fontana Books, London/Glasgow, 1956, 1st thus., paperback, Fair, 192 pp.
No loose pages, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, gentle lean to the spine, lightly tanned, foxed edges and throughout text block, edges dust stained. Covers foxed inside, moderate shelf wear with abrasion to front cover (see scan) and tape residue on back (see scan), reading crease, rubs to all edges, 7cm of lower spine strip missing. RARE COPY
FICTION, COLLECTABLE PAPERBACK, 1ST THUS, FONTANA BOOKS, CRIME, AGATHA CHRISTIE, MURDER, DETECTIVE STORY, HERCULE POIROT
44569 hb 30 COLL/PBACK/CRIME/C £41.50
After the Funeral (Fontana Books)
Fontana Books, London/Glasgow, 1956, 1st thus., paperback, Fair, 192 pp.
No loose pages, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, gentle lean to the spine, lightly tanned, foxed edges and throughout text block, edges dust stained. Covers foxed inside, moderate shelf wear with abrasion to front cover (see scan) and tape residue on back (see scan), reading crease, rubs to all edges, 7cm of lower spine strip missing. RARE COPY
FICTION, COLLECTABLE PAPERBACK, 1ST THUS, FONTANA BOOKS, CRIME, AGATHA CHRISTIE, MURDER, DETECTIVE STORY, HERCULE POIROT
44569 hb 30 COLL/PBACK/CRIME/C £41.50
Synopsis
After the Funeral is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1953 under the title of Funerals are Fatal and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on May 18 of the same year under Christie's original title. The US edition retailed at $2.50 and the UK edition at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6). A 1963 UK paperback issued by Fontana Books changed the title to Murder at the Gallop to tie in with the film version.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44569
- Title
- After the Funeral (Fontana Books) 1st thus.
- Author
- CHRISTIE, Agatha
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fontana Books
- Place of Publication
- London/Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FICTION, COLLECTABLE PAPERBACK, 1ST THUS, FONTANA BOOKS, CRIME, AGATHA CHRISTIE, MURDER, DETECTIVE STORY, HERCULE POIROT
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION pulp;
Terms of Sale
Daisyroots Books Ltd
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Daisyroots Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Grange over Sands, Cumbria
About Daisyroots Books Ltd
Daisyroots Books can be found on Main Street, right in the heart of the Edwardian seaside town of Grange over Sands. Over 20,000 books in 3 rooms on 2 floors. Antiquarian, collectable and contemporary titles. Open Mon - Sat 9:30 - 4.30 www.daisyrootsbooks.co.uk
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- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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