A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good-
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
This is a Red Badge Detective Book. A large, wealthy family begins to lose it members, one by one, and Inspector Neill and Miss Marple are on the case to unmask the murderer. Binding is nearly pristine with a couple of minor bumps to edges. Dust jacket has chips and small tears to edges and spine ends, soiling and fading with age and a few small tape repairs. A Book Club Edition.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.
Synopsis
A Pocket Full of Rye is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 9, 1953 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6) and the US edition at $2.75. The book features her detective Miss Marple.
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Details
- Seller
- Town Books of San Anselmo (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 234
- Title
- A Pocket Full of Rye
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Green cloth boards with red/orange designs and titles
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 211
- Size
- 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Murder, England, Poison, Family Life
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Town Books of San Anselmo
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....