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Destination Unknown
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£190.00£171.00
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About This Item
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An excellent first edition copy of Christie"s novel, Destination Unknown, in the original dustwrapper. 'Destination Unknown' follows a woman who feels she has nothing to live for, Hilary Craven. Craven is then persuaded to embark on a suicide mission to find a scientist who has gone missing. It is one of only five Christie novels to not be adapted. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. A gripping tale, written by one of the most prolific crime writers of the twentieth century. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear to the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is generally smart. A few light chips to the head and tail of spine. Scattered spots to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with just the odd spots. Near Fine
Synopsis
Hilary Craven has lost the will to live, Mrs Betterton is already dead. Then Hilary is asked to impersonate the dead woman and to trace her husband - a missing nuclear scientist - and her will to live returns. A faked air disaster, a string of radio-active pearls, a leper colony floundering in the dry heat of the Moroccan desert. Hilary is lead towards a terrifying discovery and her new found enthusiasm for life turns into ice-cold fear...Christie based this book partly on the activities of two famous physicists of the early 1950s: Bruno Ponecorvo, who defected to Russia, and Emil Fuchs, who spied for the Russians. It is another of Christie's light-hearted thriller novels featuring a daring and fearless heroine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 802L14
- Title
- Destination Unknown
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club, Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Christie Destination Unnknown Mystery Destination Unnknown
Terms of Sale
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- The heel of the spine.
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