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The Big Four
by Christie, Agatha
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0007282621
- ISBN 13
- 9780007282623
- Seller
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About This Item
SOFTBACK ?SIGNATURE SERIES,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 3rd. with number line.* Date of Publication: 2002 (1927)* Publisher: Harper-Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Monochrome photo-illustrated soft card covers with shadowy chess pieces (different to stock image). No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Single crease to spine, not to hinge. Slight creases to top front and rear corners. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, some slight paper colouration to page margins and edges. No other visible faults. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 272 pp. text.* Product Description:- A Russian grand master dies mysteriously during an international chess match. The case is related to a political intrigue involving the so-called Peace Party and its leaders Madame Olivier and Abe Ryland. Poirot investigates with his old friends Hastings, Japp and Lemon, helped by a reporter and a minor actress, but the quartet must soon fight a dangerous battle with the Big Four, a secret society manipulating for their own personal chess game a great number of international celebrities.* This is a VG copy of the 1st./3rd. with minimal age & shelf wear.*
Synopsis
Hercule Poirot is preparing for a voyage to South America. Looming in the doorway of his bedroom is an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust and mud. The man’s gaunt face registers Poirot for a moment, and then he collapses. The stranger recovers long enough to identify Poirot by name and madly and repeatedly scribble the figure ‘4’ on a piece of paper. Poirot cancels his trip. An investigation is in order. Fortunately, Poirot has the faithful Captain Hastings at his side as he plunges into a conspiracy of international scope—one that would consolidate power in the deadly cabal known as ‘The Big Four.’
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 315
- Title
- The Big Four
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus 3rd. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0007282621
- ISBN 13
- 9780007282623
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London UK 0
- Date Published
- 2002-01-01
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
- Size
- 29 x 20 x 3 cm
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