Come, Tell Me How You Live
by Agatha Christie Mallowan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/PARTIAL
- Seller
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Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Collins, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. very GOOD/PARTIAL. Previous owner's name on first page but all text pages are clean and unamrked. 192 pages hardcover with partial dust jacket. The condition of the DJ is unusual. The DJ front has its flap which is wrapped around the front board and same with the partial rear DJ wrapped around the rear board, there is no DJ spine to hold them together. DJ edges have chips and wear and short tears. First Edition dated on title page. Red cloth boards with gilt title on spine is in good condition with all corners bumped. Tales of author's archeologist husband's digs in the Middle East.
Synopsis
Come, Tell Me How You Live is a short book of autobiography and travel literature by crime writer Agatha Christie. It is one of only two books she wrote and had published under both of her married names of "Christie" and "Mallowan" (the other being Star Over Bethlehem and other stories) and was first published in the UK in November 1946 by William Collins and Sons and in the same year in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company.
Reviews
On May 25 2012, Cat 4 Paws said:
A must for Agatha junkies, although not her usual fare. It is an account of her journeys to Syria with her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan. As Agatha says, "It is, in fact, small beer--a very little book, full of every day doings and happenings." It is comical at times, and sad at times. It also gives an unintended view of the attitudes and standards of westerners in a backward Middle Eastern country in the 1930s. Still, beautifully written. The book itself was "used - like new" and was in perfect condition, leather bound, and from a "collection". Delivery was prompt. I think I love this site. Prices were lower than Amazon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Harper Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86664D
- Title
- Come, Tell Me How You Live
- Author
- Agatha Christie Mallowan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- PARTIAL
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Collins, London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.56 lbs
Terms of Sale
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