A Pocket Full of Rye
by Agatha, Christie
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0007716990
- ISBN 13
- 9780007716999
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2456
- 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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- Spine
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- Bumps
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- Shelf Wear
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- Hinge
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- Fine
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- Edges
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