The Hollow
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$286.36CA$257.72
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Crime Club, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 7.5" by 5" . None . A classic novel by Agatha Christie, featuring beloved detective Hercule Poirot, the first UK edition complete with dust wrapper. The first UK edition of this novel by Agatha Christie, preceded by the true first US edition published by Dodd, Mead & Company in the same year. A classic example of Christie's work, here eccentric detective Poirot attends a gathering at a country house, which is interrupted by a mysterious murder. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, damp mark to head of spine and perimeters of boards. Dust wrapper rather worn with considerable loss to head of spine, few closed tears and chipping to extremities. Previous ownership inscription to front pastedown, undated. Post office stamp to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
Synopsis
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Hollow;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 830A23
- Title
- The Hollow
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- agatha christie hercule poirot first editions detective fiction hercule poirot
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...