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Passenger to Frankfurt
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: The Crime Club, Collins, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1970. A near fine copy with no previous owner's marks or inscriptions. Contents are free of foxing and covers bright. In a VG dust jacket. Not price clipped and without the usual fading to red lettering on spine.
Synopsis
When a bored diplomat is approached in a bleak airport by a woman whose life is in danger, he agrees in a moment of weakness to lend her his passport and boarding ticket. Suddenly, Stafford Nye's own life is on the line, and he is caught in a web of international intrigue. To escape he must outwit the power-crazed Countess von Waldsausen, hell-bent on world domination.In 1970, Passenger to Frankfurt was published to coincide with Christie's eightieth year. On publication, the novel was the largest printing ever of a first edition Christie. The 58,000 copies sold out quickly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brought to Book Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007888
- Title
- Passenger to Frankfurt
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Crime Club, Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1970
- Weight
- 1.43 lbs
- Keywords
- Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1970
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Brought to Book Ltd
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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