By Agatha Christie
London   The Crime Club
7.5" by 5" 255pp
The first edition of this Miss Marple detective novel by the Queen of Crime Fiction, Agatha Christie.
By Agatha Christie

1962 The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side

London   The Crime Club
7.5" by 5" 255pp
The first edition of this Miss Marple detective novel by the Queen of Crime Fiction, Agatha Christie.
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: 0.5kgs / : 739L32

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

This Agatha Christie novel is set in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead and features her elderly spinster detective, Miss Marple. Marple is said to have been based on Christie's step grandmother/aunt and her cronies. In this novel Marple investigates the murder of one Heather Badcock, who consumed a poisoned cocktail intended for American film actress Marina Gregg, Heather's idol. The first edition of this novel. Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific crime writers of the twentieth century and . Her work consists of 66 detective novels, 150 short stories and 19 plays; she is the writer of the world's longest running play, The Mousetrap which has been on stage since 1952. Christie is also one of the bestselling novelists of all time and her works rank highly in the most-widely published books.

Condition

In the original cloth binding and held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is very smart. Repair to the head and tail of spine and rear of wrap. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Spotting to the fore-edge. Otherwise, just the odd spot to pages.

Near Fine

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