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MR. PARKER PYNE DETECTIVE
by Christie, Agatha
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Several very faint water strikes to cloth on front cover, a bright, near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with 10 x 35 mm ch
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About This Item
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1934. First U. S. edition. Several very faint water strikes to cloth on front cover, a bright, near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with 10 x 35 mm chip from head of spine panel, tiny chips from upper front corner tips, and shelf wear at tail of spine panel and lower corner tips. (25645). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] 1-244 [245] [246: ad] [247-248: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained orange, fore-edge rough trimmed, decorated endpapers. Collection of twelve short stories first published in England by Collins in 1934 as Parker Pyne Investigates. "On rereading, the collection holds up very well." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime: Revised and Enlarged Edition (1989) #3691. Hubin, p. 164. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 25.
Synopsis
Mr. Parker Pyne states quite clearly that he is not a detective but 'a heart specialist'. Deception, accomplices and manipulation are all part of his method of operation and he works to cure unhappiness more frequently than to investigate crime.The short story collection was published in 1934 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and as Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York in 1934. Two of the stories, The Case Of The Middle-Aged Wife and The Discontented Soldier, were adapted for television in 1982 by Thames Television in England.The first six stories take place in England and focus on Parker Pyne as a 'detective of the heart'. The remaining six stories occur in foreign settings where Parker Pyne is on holiday and unwilling to deal with clients. In these stories he is confronted with crimes, and must serve as an advisor to individuals in distress.Explore these stories: The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife, The Case of the Discontented Soldier, The Case of the Distressed Lady, The Case of the Discontented Husband, The Case of the City Clerk, The Case of the Rich Woman, Have You Got Everything You Want?, The Gate of Baghdad, The House of Shiraz, The Pearl of Price, Death on the Nile, The Oracle at Delphi.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25645
- Title
- MR. PARKER PYNE DETECTIVE
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Book Condition
- Used - Several very faint water strikes to cloth on front cover, a bright, near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with 10 x 35 mm ch
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U. S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Mystery . SC
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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