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Towards Zero
Agatha Christie
1944
The Crime Club by Collins : London
8" by 5.5"
5-160pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of Queen of Crime Agatha Christie's celebrated work of detective fiction, 'Towards Zero'. In the original dust wrapper.
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 15.99
EU Postage: £ 13.99
European Postage: £ 14.99
Asia Postage: £ 18.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 19.99
DESCRIPTION
The first edition, first impression. Published one month after the US first edition.
In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.
A lesser known and much sought after Agatha Christie novel, the last of her books to feature the Superintendent Battle.
Contemporary reviews of the novel were overwhelmingly positive, with the Observer noting in 1944 that 'the new Agatha Christie has a deliciously prolonged and elaborate build-up, urbane and cosy like a good cigar and red leather slippers', and that Christie is 'keeping the flag of the old classic who-dun-it triumphantly flying!'.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light cockling to front board. Boards bright. Rear hinge lightly strained to head, but firmly held. Dust wrapper age toned to back strip, and perimeters of front wrap. Handling marks to front wrap. Closed tear to tail of rear wrap. Small loss to back strip head, with more significant loss of paper to back strip tail. Tape repair to dust wrapper reverse at back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, otherwise clean and bright.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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