Towards Zero

by Christie, Agatha

Towards Zero is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in June 1944 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in July of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). The book is the last to feature her recurring character of Superintendent Battle.

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Towards Zero

Towards Zero

by Christie, Agatha

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1972
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710Christie TOWARDS ZERO. By Agatha Christie. Featuring MISS MARPLE. 1972 Ulverscroft Large Print Series FIRST LARGE PRINT EDITION THUS, FOR THE VISION IMPAIRED. "This special large print edition is made and printed in England for F.A. Thorpe, Ulverscroft, Leicestershire. EXLIB. A clean, solid copy. Good Condition/ Very Good original black red and white dust jacket in a mylar wrap. 34… Read more about this item
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Towards Zero

by CHRISTIE AGATHA

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First Edition
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1944
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London: Collins Crime Club, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Published for THE CRIME CLUB by Collins 1944). Publisher's orange boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards mottled. No inscription overall a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The… Read more about this item
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by Agatha Christie

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1944
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Cloth
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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1944 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The first UK edition of Queen of Crime Agatha Christie's celebrated work of detective fiction, 'Towards Zero'. The first UK edition, first impression of this work, published one month after the US first edition.In the price unclipped first issue dust… Read more about this item
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Towards Zero

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by Agatha Christie, .

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1970
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Fontana, 1970. Paperback. Acceptable. 1970. sixth impression. 192 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.
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by Christie, Agatha

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First US edition later printing
Published
1944
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Hardcover
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First US edition later printing of the fifth novel in the Superintendent Battle series. Says "Copyright 1944" on the publisher's page but has The Blakiston Company on the title page. Light edge wear to the boards. The dust jacket has tape at just about every edge. Missing chunks at both tips of the spine and front panel. The way it's… Read more about this item
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Towards Zero

by Christie, Agatha

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Reprint
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1972
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Mass Market
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9780671834395
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Reprint of the third novel in the Superintendent Battles and Bundle Brent series. Reading creases to the spine. Earlier owner name plate on the backside of the front cover and and small check mark on the top corner of the summary page in pen. In very good condition.
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Towards Zero

by CHRISTIE, Agatha

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London: Collins Printed in New Zealand for the publishers, (1944). Red cloth with titles in black on spine. Tidy cover, very tidy internally, a hint of browning in the edges, tilted, small green ink mark on bottom edges.
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Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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1959
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Fontana, Collins, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. First Thus. 192 pages. Paperback book. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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Used - Good
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Reprint edition
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Hardcover
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9780002318525
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Collins. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. GC.Collins,1986.Reprint edition.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with protected Dj(two small marks,some nicks,creases and scratches on the Dj cover and protected cover), both in good condition.Illustrated with a b/w map. Ex-Library book with a stamp.Clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges,small mark,some creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small… Read more about this item
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TOWARDS ZERO

TOWARDS ZERO

by Agatha Christie

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First Edition
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1946
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AGATHA CHRISTIE TOWARDS ZERO. Pocket Books, Inc, New York, 1946. First Edition. First true edition in paperback with PB #398. Condition: Very Good+. With very mild micro chips, light creases, minor rubbing on spine typical of pulp fiction books of this age, otherwise barely read, pages are bright, clean and binding tight. With original Pocket Book "Perma - gloss" cellophane… Read more about this item
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Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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Published
1944
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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The first edition of an uncommon and sought after murder mystery by the queen of the genre, Agatha Christie. The first edition of this work.A lesser known and much sought after Agatha Christie novel, the last of her books to feature the Superintendent… Read more about this item
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Towards Zero

by Christie, Agatha

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1986
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9780671602567
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Pocket Books, 1986. Wraps have light wear, clear tape over spinecover. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Glued binding on vintage paperbacks may be brittle. . Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Towards Zero; A Murder Is Announced : A Jane Marple Murder Mystery : Two Books

by Christie, Agatha

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9780671459345
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New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 9th Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "I like a good detective story, but they begin in the wrong place! They begin with the murder. But the murder is the end. The story begins long before that." So remarks esteemed criminologist Mr. Treves. Truer words have never… Read more about this item
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Towards Zero

Towards Zero

by Christie, Agatha

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First Edition
Published
1946
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Berne: Phoenix Publishing Co. Ltd, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Scherz Phoenix Books #69. Tiny chips to spine, small scar to recto of back cover, faint crease to front cover. A very good copy. ; Small octavo.
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Towards Zero

Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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1972
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Collins Fontana Books, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. 1972. Sixth Impression. 192 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to first page. Minor dog-eared corners. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with curling to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and… Read more about this item
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TOWARDS ZERO.

by AGATHA CHRISTIE.

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Very Good
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1st Edition 1st Printing
Published
1944
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Hardcover
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LONDON.: Collins Crime Club., 1944. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in its original dust wrapper. 159 age appropriate pages with no inscriptions, loss or foxing.Dated 1944 on the copyright page. No other dates mentioned. First UK edition. Outer orange boards show minor discolour to the binding with pushes… Read more about this item
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Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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1970
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Fontana, Collins, 1970. Paperback. Acceptable. 1970. Fourth Impression. 192 pages. Paperback book. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear to spine, cover edges and corners, with tanning to spine. Minor soiling and creasing to covers and spine.
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Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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Published
1959
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Fontana, 1959. Paperback. Good. 1959. 192 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
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Towards Zero

Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie Collection
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Hbk.
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Planet Three Publishing. Hardcover. Part of the Agatha Christie Collection. Purple coloured boards with a black spine. Marbled end papers.
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Towards Zero

by Agatha Christie

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Published
1991
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9780425129593
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Berkley paperback 1991 some age-toning Very Good+
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