AGATHA CHRISTIE - A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED - RARE 1950 UK 1ST w/DJ NPC
$445 · Offered by eBay · No longer available
First edition · In dust jacket
AGATHA CHRISTIE - A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, published by UK publisher Collins, copyright 1950, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), lists to itself to "Crooked House" to left of title page), white endpapers, red boards with black lettering to spine, 8s. 6d. net price on DJ front flap. A FEW YEARS AGO THIS BOOK WAS RELATIVELY COMMON BUT IN RECENT YEARS IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THE 2ND PRINGING DJ WOULD NOT WORK ON A 1ST PRINT BOOK (UNLIKE EARLIER AND LATER COLLINS CHRISTIES) AND THIS BOOK HAS QUADRUPLED IN PRICE, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH GRADE WITHOUT SPINE CHIPPING. SHOP AND COMPARE - ANOTHER COPY OF THIS BOOK IN SIMILAR CONDITION IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $1,013 - SEE EBAY 116642526436 AND ANOTHER COPY IN A TRASHED DUST JACKET IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $394 - SEE EBAY 374326018425 AND A 1953 LATER PRINTING IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $296 - SEE EBAY 227015855433 Book has no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean endpapers - no staining or tape residue, no foxing to pages or endpapers, hint of age darkening/dust soiling/foxing to outer page edges, tight pages with no creased page corners, no wear to board edges, board corners or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has tiny closed tear at bottom left on spine with related crease to bottom right on rear panel otherwise no chipping or tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips with 'v' losses to spine tip corners, hint of wear to front flap
- Publisher: Agatha Christie
- Year: 1950
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
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