AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE PATRIOTIC MURDERS - RARE 1ST 1941 w/DJ NPC HIGH GRADE
$580 · Offered by eBay · No longer available
First edition
AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE PATRIOTIC MURDERS (published in the UK as "One Two Buckle My Shoe"), published by Dodd Mead, copyright 1940, 1941 (1st date is the UK copyright, the 2nd date is the U.S. copyright), First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), red badge contest ad to left of title page, grey red badge illustrated endpapers, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front panel, $2.00 price on DJ front flap. VERY DIFFICULT BOOK TO FIND WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET - ITS ACTUALLY EASIER TO FIND HER MID 1930s DODD MEAD 1STS IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET THAN IT IS TO FIND THIS BOOK IN AN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SHOP AND COMPARE - A GROSSET & DUNLAP REPRINT COPY OF THIS BOOK IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $230 - SEE EBAY 405069456174 AND A COPY OF THIS BOOK WAS A COMPLETELY TORN REAR ANEL (BADLY TAPED) IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $450 - SEE EBAY 377004793970 Book has one creased page corner, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no fading to red top stain, no wear to board edges or board corner or to spine tips, no spine darkening, no rubbing to spine lettering, no dust/handling soiling to boards & spine, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, almost no wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, no edge wear, slight spine fade (common with this DJ - normally the red on the spine is found co
- Publisher: Dodd Mead
- Year: 1941
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Good
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