SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2002* Publisher: Ted Smart (Harper Collins.)* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated stiff card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & minor creases to corners. Minimal creases to spine & hinge. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. Very slight colouration to page margins & edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 317 pp. text. iii pp. blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' when he suffered an agonising and sudden death. On later inspection, the pockets of the deceased were found to contain traces of cereals. Yet, it was the incident in the parlour which confirmed Jane Marple's suspicion that here she was looking at a case of crime by rhyme...* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. thus with some light age and shelf wear reducing it to VG.*

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Peter Duck is a metafictional book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome. It was first published in 1932 and is about the Swallows and Amazons sailing to Crab Island with Captain Flint and Peter Duck to recover buried treasure. During the voyage the Wildcat (Captain Flint's boat) is chased by another vessel, the Viper, whose piratical crew are also intending to recover the treasure.

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2584
Title: A Pocket Full of Rye
Author: Agatha, Christie
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG++/VG++
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL.
ISBN 10: 0007716990
ISBN 13: 9780007716999
Publisher: TED SMART (Collins)
Place of Publication: London UK 317
Date Published: 2002-01-01
Bookseller catalogs: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
Size: 17.6 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm

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