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EVIL UNDER THE SUN.

by CHRISTIE**, AGATHA:

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  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
VG-./No dw/dj,- p/back as issued.
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UK,12mo wraps,p/back,1st edn(?) (n.d. - circa mid 1940s?).[Originally and first published UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,COLLINS ,1941. This edn,a COLLINS MYSTERY novel,No. 216c WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL series.] VG-.No owner inscrptn and no printed price removal to cover.Slightly dulled,otherwise generally clean, matt,card covers: black background with 2 hooded-silhouettes, one green+black holding a gun,one green+white holding a dagger; green lettering to white circle and the green+white hooded gunman Crime Club logo+price (1/6) to front cover which also has a couple of vertical creases,rear cover lightly grubbed, with a jewellery company's b/w+green advert.With negligible shelf-wear, bumping or creasing to edges and corners - one small semi-circular piece of loss of spine/backstrip at foot, removing majority of publisher's name - but no other major nicks, tears or splits present,no noticeable reading creases to dulled,convex spine/backstrip, book with slight lean.Top+fore-edges aged/toned with little or no foxing/ spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation. UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn,9-252pp [paginated] includes XIII (13) chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank,half- title with list of author's other titles to verso,title page with b/w hooded gunman with gun trademark,a dedication with blank verso,a b/w map with blank verso and Cadbury's chocolate advert also with blank verso,at rear of book - as the last page.
An uncommon British title surprisingly - that features Hercule Poirot - from this author,in this series,of the contemporary period.
Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **



Synopsis

Evil Under the Sun is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1941 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October of the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja880420
Title
EVIL UNDER THE SUN.
Author
CHRISTIE**, AGATHA:
Book Condition
Used - VG-.
Jacket Condition
No dw/dj,- p/back as issued.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,12mo wraps,p/back 1st edn.
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
LONDON.COLLINS,WHITE CIRCLE POCKET NOVEL.[n.d. - circa mid-1940s?]
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
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Seller rating:
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PLYMOUTH., Devon

About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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