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By the Pricking of My Thumbs

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

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By the Pricking of My Thumbs

by Agatha Christie

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  • Hardcover
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London and Glasgow: Collins, 1968 First Edition. Collins, London 1968. This is book is the answer of Agatha Christie to her readers who asked her: "What has happened to Tommy and Tuppence? What are they doing now?" Tommy and Tuppence who appeared first as a young couple in Christie's 'The Secret Adversary' (1922) and later in 'Partners in Crime' (1929) and 'N or M' (1941) are now elderly in this work and they visit Tommy's aunt Adda in a retirement home. Here Tuppence coincidentally meet Mrs. Lancaster who asked her the following mysterious question: "Was it your poor child? There behind the fireplace." And the adventure of solving a crime begins... The title of the book comes from Act 4, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, when the second witch says: "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." Book is very good except some miniscule spots on the top edge of the text block, minor shelf wear and a small bookssller's sticker on the bottom of the endpaper. Slight water stains on the flying leaf and the next leaf. Dustwrapper is near fine except some miniscule creasing at the top and bottom edges of spine.Price clipped. Now well preserved in an unvisible plastic cover.

Synopsis

By The Pricking of My Thumbs is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1968 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at twenty-one shillings (21/-) and the US edition at $4.95. It features her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.

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Bookseller
Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat DE (DE)
Bookseller's Inventory #
000155
Title
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Author
Agatha Christie
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Sehr gut
Jacket Condition
Sehr gut
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1. Auflage
Publisher
Collins
Place of Publication
London and Glasgow
Date Published
1968
Size
8° - Oktavformat (bis 25 cm
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
Crime fiction
Bookseller catalogs
Agatha Christie;

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About Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat

Nik's Bookstore is an online business which is located nearby Frankfurt am Main, Germany. We deliver Rare Books almost worldwide in superb quality. Most of them are scarce First Editions or Illustrated Author's Editions. Nik's Bookstore is member of the PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association).

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