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The Pale Horse
by Christie, Agatha
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Manasquan, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins Crime Club, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 256pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in red cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with gentle bumping to spine ends and tips. No interior toning or spotting though there is a faint sticker ghost on the front paste-down. Very attractive unfaded and unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, has a tiny closed edge-tear on the rear panel and a few rubs to edges. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. The jacket is unpriced as it was one that would have been shipped to other countries in the British Empire that would have affixed a price sticker in its own currency. (This is likely the cause of the sticker ghost mentioned above. It is NOT a Book Club Edition. British BCE's are produced in a completely different manner than American BCE's but that is another topic. A quite sharp collectable copy at a great price.
Synopsis
The Pale Horse is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie. The novel features her novelist detective Ariadne Oliver as a minor character and reflects in tone the supernatural novels of Dennis Wheatley who was then at the height of his popularity. -
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brenner's Collectable Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014479
- Title
- The Pale Horse
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Collins Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Crime Drama;
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About the Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books
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Manasquan, New Jersey
About Brenner's Collectable Books
35 Plus years buying and selling collectable books. Member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA.
An eclectic mix of good books specializing in Sci-Fi, Mystery, General Antiquarian, Books About Books, Signed First Editions, Vintage Paperbacks, Modern Fiction and many, many others. Prompt, professional customer service, always!.
Please excuse any glare or reflections in the pictures. Books I know; photography not so much. I will answer any questions regarding condition if photos are unclear or provide additional photos if needed.
All books are stored in a temperature controlled library in a smoke free home. All books are professionally packed and shipped and all jacketed books will come with an archival Brodart jacket protector.
An eclectic mix of good books specializing in Sci-Fi, Mystery, General Antiquarian, Books About Books, Signed First Editions, Vintage Paperbacks, Modern Fiction and many, many others. Prompt, professional customer service, always!.
Please excuse any glare or reflections in the pictures. Books I know; photography not so much. I will answer any questions regarding condition if photos are unclear or provide additional photos if needed.
All books are stored in a temperature controlled library in a smoke free home. All books are professionally packed and shipped and all jacketed books will come with an archival Brodart jacket protector.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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