The Mysterious Affair At Styles

Extended Description and Notes

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London. THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Used. Good / New. Hardcover. BOARDS ARE VERY CLEAN. NO CORNER BUMPS. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Dust jacket not original to this Bodley Head Half Crown Edition. Instead, it's the (fax) candlestick cover art from the First Edition, that was published in 1920, but specially sized by supplier to fit this volume, since they do not stock jackets for this B.H. Printing. Pages fairly bright. Foxing noted chiefly at title page and verso. Please see our photos.

Bookseller

Mary Riversong Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

401ChristieStylesFax

Title

The Mysterious Affair At Styles

Author

Christie, Agatha

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Good

Jacket Condition

New

Quantity Available

1

Edition

Half-Crown Edition

Publisher

The Bodley Head

Place of Publication

London

Date Published

1935

Pages

296

Size

5 X 7 1/2

Weight

0.00

Keywords

Agatha Christie, Mystery, Detective Club, Roger Ackroyd, First Edition, Rare, Half-Crown Edition

Bookseller catalogs

For Sale; Mystery; Books Into Film; Performing Arts; Anglophilia; Agatha Christie; women's Studies; PSYCHOLOGY; Law; Justice; Dust Jacket; Detective Fiction; Hercule Poirot; 20th Century Literature;

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New

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Cloth

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