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They Do It With Mirrors
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$340.65CA$306.58
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About This Item
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1945. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A first edition copy of this exciting Miss Marple murder mystery, in the original dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'They Do It With Mirrors' is a thrilling detective novel, featuring the famous detective, elderly spinster Miss Marple. The plot follows Marple as she visits her American school friend, who is concerned about her sister, Carrie Louise. Carrie Louise lives in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitation centre for delinquents, where a mysterious visitor is shot dead.Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is generally smart. Minor chips to the head and tail of spine. Minor loss to the head of rear wrap. A few light marks to the wraps and spots internally. Rubbing to the front flyleaf joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Light spotting to the fore-edge. Pages are generally clean. Near Fine
Synopsis
They Do It With Mirrors is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the title of Murder with Mirrors and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 17 in the same year under Christie's original title. The US edition retailed at $2.50 and the UK edition at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6). The book features her detective Miss Marple.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 802L13
- Title
- They Do It With Mirrors
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club by Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- They Do It With Mirrors agatha christie christie marple agatha christie murder miss marple
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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