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Hickory Dickory Dock
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$14,800.03NZ$13,320.02
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7" by 5". None. A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Poirot tale. The first edition, first impression, with no other impressions stated. Signed and dedicated by the author; 'To Peter [indistinguishable] from Agatha Christie Oct 1955'.Famously a rather introverted individual, signed examples of Christie's works are vanishingly scarce, with this being a rare example. From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts. 'Hickory Dickory Dock' is a thrilling detective novel, featuring Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The novel starts with Poirot's interest in an outbreak of kleptomania in a student hostel, where there is a bizarre list of stolen items. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is very smart with edge wear to the extremities and minor creasing. Handling marks and evidence of tape removal to rear wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and scattered spotting, due to paper used. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 890K1
- Title
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club by Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 7" by 5"
- Keywords
- Agatha Christie Poirot Miss Marple Poirot
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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