New York: Dell, 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Dell 8700; Christie's 1950s novel featuring a secret agent trying to confirm rumors of espionage; a quiet, mild-mannered man planning world-wide destruction; and a cute, little typist from London whose meeting with her lover suddenly included intrigue and murder; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show light reading crease, other minor surface and edgewear, no significant flaws. Collectable.

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E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.Agatha Christie first visited Baghdad as a tourist in 1927; many years later she would become a resident of the exotic and then open city, and it was here, and while on archaeological digs throughout Iraq with her husband, Sir Max Mallowan, that Agatha Christie wrote some of her most important works.They Came to Baghdad is one of Agatha Christie's highly successful forays into the spy thriller genre. In this novel, Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. But the word is out, and an underground organisation is plotting to sabotage the talks.Into this explosive situation stumbles Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded secret agent dies in her hotel room. Now, if only she could make sense of his final words: 'Lucifer... Basrah... Lefarge...'

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004004
Title: THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD
Author: Christie, Agatha
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus to Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Printing, First Edition Thus.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1965
Keywords: MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, NEAR EAST, INTRIGUE, SUSPENSE
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; Vintage Paperback; Intrigue;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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