THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +. 5 x 8 in. Blue cloth boards with red titles. Condition is GOOD+ ; corners and spine ends bumped with light wear, covers have some pale spotting. Front inner hinge started but muslin is undamaged. Text brght and clean, edges toned. Fic. RGR.
Synopsis
The Mystery of the Blue Train is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on March 29, 1928 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year . The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The book features her detective Hercule Poirot.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30101
- Title
- THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...