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The Moving Finger (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
by Christie, Agatha
- Used
- as new
- hardcover
- Condition
- As New/None Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0553350099
- ISBN 13
- 9780553350098
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon
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About This Item
694The Moving Finger (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus. Bantam Books Inc., NY, October, 1983. Number line starts with 2. As New. MISS MARPLE. Agatha Christie considered The Moving Fingerto be one of her best novels Summary: "A spate of poison pen letters wreaks havoc on an English village. Once a place of trust, now all inhabitants are full of accusations. Who could be writing the letters and why? The book takes its name from verse 51 of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, a poem which Agatha Christie greatly admired."
Synopsis
The Moving Finger is detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1943. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). It features the elderly detective Miss Marple in a minor, deus ex machina-like role, appearing more than halfway through and in only a handful of scenes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 694ChristieFinger
- Title
- The Moving Finger (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- New As New
- Jacket condition
- None Issued
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0553350099
- ISBN 13
- 9780553350098
- Publisher
- Bantam Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 5 5/8 X 8 ¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- For Sale; Mystery; Books Into Film; Literature; Anglophilia; Science & Technology; Transportation; Agatha Christie; Medical; Poetry; Social Sciences; Romance; Travel; Anthropology; women's Studies; PSYCHOLOGY; Law; Justice; Horror; Fiction; Leatherbound; Love; Short Stories; Movies; Detective Fiction; Miss Marple;
- Size
- 5 5/8 X 8 ¾
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