The Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1928 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. An early US edition of Agatha Christie's third novel, her second featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. A scarce 1920s Grosset and Dunlap edition of this classic Christie title.Dated circa 1928 via the list of titles advertised to the rear. 'Murder on the Links' was first published in the US in 1923 by Dodd, Mead and Company, who for this later reprint partnered with Grosset & Dunlap. The two publishing houses regularly collaborated in order to outsource publishing of later editions, while extending the income life of a title. Grosset & Dunlap's partnership with Dodd began in the 1920s, and continued into the early 1940s.In this classic mystery, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back on a French golf course, giving Poirot a hostile competitor from the Paris Sûreté.With a twelve page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bright. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fraying to head of front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
The Murder on the Links is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1923 and in the UK by The Bodley Head in May of the same year. It features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. The US edition retailed at $1.75 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 902F37
- Title
- The Murder on the Links
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- c1928
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- The Murder on the Links Hercule Poirot detective fiction Arthur Hastings Hercule Poirot
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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