An Autobiography
by Agatha Christie
ISBN: 0396075169
ISBN-13: 9780396075165
Format: Hardcover
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The great British mystery writer and creative of such well-known sleuths as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple details her childhood, family life, marriages, travels, and the difficulties of being a writer.
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Publisher: Dodd Mead
Published date: 1977
Publisher's Notes
Dame Agatha offers vivid descriptions of her childhood, family life, contemporaries, and travels abroad as well as discussing her own struggles as a writer and the general problems of creative writing.
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Dodd Mead. Hardcover. 0396075169 A good reading copy only. 1977 Dodd Mead Hard Cover . Good. 1977. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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Dodd Mead. Used - Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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A nice copy. Gently used. All pages and cover clear. Binding solid and tight. No creases. ( more information) Offered by Once Sold Tales (United States)
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Agatha Christie
Dodd Mead. Used - Acceptable. Ex-Library. Binding is slanted and loose, but content remains intact." Dust Jacket Condition: ACCEPTABLE ( more information) Offered by Wonder Book (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd Mead. Hardcover. November, 1977. Good. No dust jacket. Boards show minimal shelf wear and good corners. Edges show dust and darkening. Binding is tight. All pages clean and unmarked. No fol ds, creases or tears. . ( more information) Offered by Front Room Books (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie Agatha
Mead: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1977. EX-LIBRARY in usual condition. Book has library pockets and stamps but in average condition. This is an EX-LIBRARY reading copy only.. EX-LIBRARY. Hard Cover. Acceptable/Acceptable. ( more information) Offered by Snowball Bookshop (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha, Illustrated with Black And White Photographs
Topanga, CA, U.S.A.: Boulevard Books, 1977, 1977 Hard Cover. Good/Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lighter wear to gray cover; tight spine; clean text; DJ has creasing and some closed tears at upper edge, rubbing to surface. 519 pages. "Dame Agatha goes on to tell of her early writing attempts, her marriage to Archibald Christie, the birth of her only child, Rosalind, her work as a Red Cross volunteer during World War I, her modest success with the publication in 1921 of her first mystery.". Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Used. ( more information) Offered by Lincoln Highway Books (United States)
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Agatha Christie; An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1977. 529 pp. with index. Illus. with B&W photos. Gift inscription on front endpaper, water stain at bottom of spine. Binding tight, text clean. Large tear at spine of jacket, other chipping and edgewear.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Paperback Recycler (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Topanga, CA, U.S.A.: Boulevard Books, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ( more information) Offered by Book Genie (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Dodd Mead,, 1977. Hardcover. Good in Good DJ. pps 529 ( more information) Offered by The Dauntless Bookstore (United States)
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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd Mead, 1977. 529 pages. Light wear, tight book; clean internally; some b/w photos. The dj is heavily creased and chipped. 5th printing.. ISBN: 0396075169. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Poor. ( more information) Offered by Easy Chair Books (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Dodd Mead, 1977. Hardcover. Good + in Good + Dust Jacket. ( more information) Offered by Pioneer Book (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. Good + oversized hardcover in good - dustjacket. May be some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners of book. May be some rubbing, chipping and large tears to edges, corners and spine of dustjacket. Overall a good reading copy only. All hardcovers are shipped in protective Demco mylar.. 4th Printing. Oversized Hardcover. Good +/Good -. ( more information) Offered by Snowball Bookshop (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd Mead, 1977 529pp; hard cloth cover; good condition; some stain on the cloth cover; pages in very good condition; writing on inside cover. An Autobiography of Agatha Christie. . Hard cloth. Good. 08vo - over 7.75"-9.75" Tall. ( more information) Offered by No Garbage Books (United States)
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Agatha Christie; An Autobiography
Agatha Christie
New York, New York:: Dodd, Mead & Company,. 1987.. First printing. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall. xiii + 529 + 16 photopages, gray and purple cloth. A very good +, clean, neat, hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, with the previous owner's name on the front endpaper. In a very good moderately edge worn dust jacket, with a chip-tear to the top edge with the price clipped. ( more information) Offered by Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop (United States)
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AGATHA CHRISTIE, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Christie, Agatha.:
Dodd Mead 1977. 8vo, 529 pages. At the age of 60 this extraordinary author of the most popular mystery novels ever published began writing of her life and career which ended with her death at 85 in January 1976. She was christened Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. Her story starts with her childhood in "Ashfield," the Miller family residence in Torquay on the southern coast of England. Hers was a delightful upbringing in the late Victorian period when costumes, manners, and the family group were so very important in that upper-class society. Here is a nostalgic description of a time much removed from her later life. Dame Agatha goes on to tell of her early writing attempts, her marriage to Archibald Christie, the birth of her only child, Rosalind, her work as a red cross volunteer during World War 1, her modest success with the publication in 1921 of her first mystery, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, her unhappy separation and divorce from Christie. There follow vivid descriptions of her travels abroad while her novels were growing in popularity, of her meeting at an archaeological excavation site in the Middle East with Max Mallowan, who was to become one of Britain's foremost archaeologists, and their subsequent marriage in 1930. Dame Agatha writes in a charming manner about her work with her husband at various "digs" abroad, of the many well known people they came to know, and of the purchase of their estate, "Greenway," on the River Dart in Devon. World War 11 drastically changed her way of life with Max Mallowan and her family. While her husband was overseas, Agatha Christie again became involved in volunteer work, but continued to write. She describes producing during those trying times the two novels, Curtain and Sleeping Murder, which was not intended for publication until she was gone. The 1950's and 1960's were the years of repeated successes with her books, plays and films. Her reaction at being recognized as one of the most widely read authors of all time makes interesting reading. The dust jacket has splits rubs and creases including a 3cm split and associated diagonal crease at the top mid rear. The boards are slightly sunned at the top and bottom extremes. The (529) pages are clean and tightly bound and the book is in good condition with the exception of the reported minor faults. An illuminating book on one of the world's greatest writers. The book is illustrated in black and white. It is a heavy book and so parcel or surface mail might be required. ISBN 0 396 07516 9. ( more information) Offered by Saracen Books (United Kingdom)
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
CHRISTIE, AGATHA
DODD, MEAD & CO. HARDCOVER W/JACKET. GOOD CONDITION. chip missing along the top edge of the jacket . ( more information) Offered by Montclair Book Center (United States)
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Agatha Christie an Autobiography
Agatha Christie
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. gray cloth on boards, purple cloth at spine, clean, lightly rubbed at the edges. corners lightly bumped. hinges tight. pastedowns and eps clean. text clean, photo illustrated, 529 pages. dust jacket intact, not price clipped, clean, spine lightly faded, chipped at two corners, rubbed on both sides and corners. still a nice copy. ISBN: 0396075169. ( more information) Offered by The Corner Book Shop (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. Grey and purple cloth binding. Clean, square and unmarked. xiii, 529 pp. Photos. Index. Dust jacket, rubbed at corners, crinkled edges, several short closed tears, offered in new mylar cover.. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. 2nd printing of the first trade edition grey and purple cloth binding. Clean, square and unmarked. xiii, 529 pp. Photos. Index. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at corners, price intact on front flap, offered in new mylar cover.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd Mead, 1977 Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-396-07516-9. A very good very clean read copy in a bright slightly edgeworn dust jacket biography autobiography novel mysteries women. ( more information) Offered by Woodbridge Books & Music, LLC (United States)
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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977 Hard Cover. Very Good. The dustjacket has some light chipping.. ( more information) Offered by Bookman (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Dodd Mead, 1977. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. NF/G in Mylar. 1st edition. DJ missing large chunk rear upper left. Bookplate. Inscription on FFE. ( more information) Offered by Longfellows Books (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Collins, 1977. 1977 Collins hardcover (reprint). Dust jacket has been price clipped and has very small tears to top edge. Boards and pages in good+ condition. Many black/white illustrations. From the collection of the late Madeleine Masson (author) and signed by her on the front endpaper.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. ( more information) Offered by The Robb Inn Bookshop (United Kingdom)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
NY: Dodd Mead & Company. VG/NONE. ©1977. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0-396-07516-9 . Gray boards, black titles. ; ; Photographs; 8vo; 519 pages . ( more information) Offered by Book Quest (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. 1st printing of the first trade edition grey and purple cloth binding. Clean, square and unmarked. xiii, 529 pp. Photos. Index. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at corners, one short closed tear at spine heel, price intact on front flap, offered in new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1977 529 pages with Index. "Dame Agatha offers vivid descriptions of her childhood, family life, contemporaries, and travels abroad as well as discussing her own struggles as a writer and the general problems of creative writing." Illustrated with 25 photographs. Unmarked, with slight edgewear to dustjacket.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information) Offered by Camp Hill Books (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
THE CHRISTIE CANON: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1977. 560 pp. Slight corner bumping, shelf wear to spine ends. Pages clean & bright with no marking or creasing. Dust Jacket has vertical crease to front and back cover, some edge wear, one scuff and a four inch closed tear to rear edge and is clipped to bottom of front inside flap. Now protected in fresh Mylar. The great mystery writer shares her own vivid chronicle of her childhood, family life, marriages, personal relationships, and world travels, as well as a discussion of her own struggles as a writer and the general problems of creative writing. Illustrated with b&w photos.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. VG/Good. ( more information) Offered by Second Story Books (United States)
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Christie, Agatha
NY Dodd, Mead 1977. Fourth printing. 519pp. Very good, slight wear to top and bottom of backstrip, former owner signature and date on front end paper. No jacket. (loc 797). Hard Cover. ( more information) Offered by Austin Book Shop (United States)
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Agatha Christie
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1977 Unstated Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Photographs. 6.25 By 9.5: 519 Pages. Chap Book. ( more information) Offered by historybookville (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd Mead, 1977 A clean bright copy with no name or inscription - a good reading copy as the boards are rubbed - see photo. & a little sunning to edges.Book tight, endpapers very clean & unmarked book inside.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Black/white Photos.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Collina Books (United Kingdom)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
Dodd Mead. Hardcover. 0396075169 Very good condition, hardcover 1977, First Edition, light dusting and edgewear to pink dust jacket in brodart, soiling of cloth cover, text tight and crisp, bright white without marks, more than average reading copy . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Agora Bookstore (United States)
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An Autobiography
Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. Quarter lilac cloth, light grey cloth-covered boards, foil titles on spine, black facsimile signature stamped on front board, pale grey endpapers, xiii, 529 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, index. Cloth lightly sunned near top edge, else fine. DJ spine sunned, a bit of rubbing to corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Christie finished her autobiography at the age of 75, so it misses her last few years, but is a good source on her early life and her feelings about writing. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). 4th ptg. . Near Fine/VG+. 24 X 16½ cm. ( more information) Offered by Twin City Antiquarian Books (United States)
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
CHRISTIE, AGATHA
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Type: Hard Back BOOK IS IN VERY GOOK CONDITION, JACKET IS FAIR. Large 8vo with 528 pages Illustrated with photographs. Solid and tight bindng. Grey boards with magenta spine; author name imprinted in black on front, white lettering on spine. Grey endpapers. Newspapers clippings about Christie are left in the book--there is a mark under the papers on the loosed endpaper from these newspaper articles., like browning. Upper edge colored red. The lower edge has a small pencil-like mark. Boards and interior are clean, unmarked, no tears. Jacket is clean and ragged, torn down the hinge of the spine and front flap edge. Not in good shape. Now has mylar cover that improves its appearance. ( more information) Offered by The Parnassus BookShop (United States)
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
CHRISTIE, AGATHA
NY: DODD MEAD CO, 1977 C-0000519 PAGES; PHOTOS; ILLUSTRATIONS;GREY BOARDS WITH BLACK LETTERING ON THE SPINE; DJ HAS TEAR AND CHIPS; THE AUTHOR AT AGE 60 PREPARED THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY; SHE IS THE MOST POPULAR WRITER OF MYSTERY NOVELS; ;ATB. NOT SIGNED. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by X. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. ( more information) Offered by JOHN P LA CROIX,BOOKSELLER (United States)
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