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Five Little Pigs
by Christie., Agatha
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/VG++/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0006163726
- ISBN 13
- 9780006163725
- Seller
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About This Item
Harper Collins, 1994-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 4th . Imp.. Paperback. F/VG++/ND. Box 27 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 4th.* Date of Publication: 1994 (1942/59) * Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing a hand, a palette and a paint brush. Red and white titles to spine and face. No shelf wear to edges, minimal to corners & to tail of spine. Light thumb marks to front cover. VG++.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 233 pp. text. vii pp. ads and blank pages at rear.* Description:- Product Description:- Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Gree (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind....*. This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st thus 4th with nl. Minimal age reducing it to VG++.*
Synopsis
Five Little Pigs is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in May 1942 under the title of Murder in Retrospect and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1943 although some sources state that publication occurred in November 1942. The UK first edition carries a copyright date of 1942 and retailed at eight shillings (8/-) while the US edition was priced at $2.00. The book features Hercule Poirot.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10052
- Title
- Five Little Pigs
- Author
- Christie., Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edn Thus, 4th . Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0006163726
- ISBN 13
- 9780006163725
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1994-01-01
- Pages
- 241
- X weight
- g
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