AGATHA CHRISTIE - DEAD MAN'S FOLLY - RARE 1956 1ST w/DJ NPC
$100 · Offered by eBay · No longer available
First edition
AGATHA CHRISTIE - DEAD MAN'S FOLLY, published by Dodd Mead, copyright 1956, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings, lists to "Hickory Dickory Death" to left of title page), white endpapers, red boards with silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, $2.95 price on DJ front flap. RARE TRUE 1ST TRADE EDITION (the more common book club edition has no price on the DJ front flap and has no list of Christie books to left of title page). Book has no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, scotch tape residue spots from where the original DJ protector was once spot taped down otherwise clean endpapers, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges, just a few creased page corners, almost no wear to board edges to board corners, slight wear to spine tips (common defect with these 1950s "sprayed-on" colored boards), no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has no chipping or tearing or creasing, barest hint of wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, fading to spine lettering but still present (common defect with this DJ - usually the title lettering is found completely faded away) and slight fading to orange color to panels, no dust rubbing to white panels, no soiling or staining. Overall a VG+/FINE- book in VG (lower grade due to fading) dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare 1950s era Agatha Christie 1st printing. I have a number of other U.K. and U.
- Publisher: Agatha Christie
- Year: 1956
- Condition: Very Good
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