Agatha Christie Omnibus: A Carribbean Mystery; A Pocket Full of Rye; The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side; They Do It with Mirrors
by Christie, Agatha
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1856274233
- ISBN 13
- 9781856274234
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Diamond Books, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Book is tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean. Minor bump to head and foot of spine, title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with toning to edges, more pronounced to top edge. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels read. Near fine condition. Jacket has some minor creasing to spine ends. Overall near fine. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A very nice example of this uncommon omnibus, collecting the Christie novels: A Carribbean Mystery; A Pocket Full of Rye; The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side; They Do It with Mirrors
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006244
- Title
- Agatha Christie Omnibus: A Carribbean Mystery; A Pocket Full of Rye; The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side; They Do It with Mirrors
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1856274233
- ISBN 13
- 9781856274234
- Publisher
- Diamond Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 654
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Crime Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Thiller and Crime;
- X weight
- 800 g
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...