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A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Longford , Longford, Ireland
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About This Item
First Edition. Collins. London 1953
A Miss Marple novel
Binding very good.
Book has red cloth boards. Clean with a little fading to top and a lesser extent tail of spine. Top and tail of spine a little rubbed. Top corner of front board slightly pinched. No markings or inscriptions. Internally clean except for some browning to half title and free end paper. Edges of text block toned with a hint of toning to leaves.
DJ is good with some loss to head a little loss to tail of spine. Also some loss to top of front panel ( see photo). Closed tear at fold of rear panel. Somewhat dust dulled. Now in a protective removeable sleeve.
A collectible First Edition for Christie collectors
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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- Bookseller
- Dephen Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20285
- Title
- A Pocket Full of Rye
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 191
- Size
- 19 x 13 cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Christie, Crime, Marple
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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