Ordeal By Innocence
by Christie, Agatha
While serving a sentence for killing his mother - a crime he insisted he didn't commit - Jacko Argyle dies in prison. Two years later, the man who could have supported Jacko's alibi suddenly turns up. It appears that Jacko was innocent... and that the murderer is part of the surviving family.The novel was first published in 1958 by William Collins Son & Co. in London, and in 1959 by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. It was filmed in 1984 by Golan-Gobus Productions in England starring Donald Sutherland, Sarah Miles and Christopher Plummer. The film adheres closely to the novel. The New York Times described the novel as one of Christie's most engaging works. "Characteristically surprising, trickily constructed and yet firmly based in character..."This book is dedicated, "To Billy Collins with affection and gratitude." It was he who lured Christie from the Bodley Head, which published her first six books, to Williams Collins Sons & Co in 1926. Now known as HarperCollins this company is UK publisher of Christie's books to this day. An adaptation of tihs novel was broadcast, with the addition of Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, in 2007.
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Ordeal by Innocence
by Agatha Christie
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- 1958
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London 1958. Collins. First edition of Christie's eerie mystery novel involving murder in a domestic setting.
Very good+ at least. Boards clean. Binding tight. Contents clean with no markings. No spotting or foxing. Any imperfections are minor. Top edge little dusty. Very slight compression to spine head. Corners a little bumped. A little spotting to front and rear pastedowns (not significant).
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by Agatha Christie
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- 1958
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Dodd, Mead and Company publishers. 1958 Very nice first edition book in original boards and original dust jacket. Not ex-lib, no ownership marks. Pages are clean, tight and complete. Dust jacket has small loss to top and bottom spine affecting the publisher's name on bottom. Some small additional loss on bottom back cover and edges. … Read more about this item Item Price
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by Agatha Christie
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- 1958
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San Rafael, California, USA
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This first edition of Christie's novel was published for The Crime Club. Was Jacko Argyle wrongly executed for the murder of his mother? A stranger shows up at the Argyle household with information which sheds doubt on Jacko's sentence and puts members of the family in fearful anticipation that one of them may be the real culprit.
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Ordeal by Innocence
by Agatha Christie
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- 1959
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- Yellow cloth with black writing on spine
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The Book Club Collins 1959 Issued by the book club in later years it still comes with an attractive original dust jacket. Both in near fine condition. No ownership marks, no writing of any kind. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Dust is protected in a clear cover that as near as I can tell can… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Christie, Agatha
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Collins Crime Club. First edition published by Collins Crime Club in 1958. This is a near fine copy. The jacket is quite crisp with very little wear at all. It has been price clipped and there are a couple of faint marks on the front panel. The edges have the occasional rubbing mark. The book is particularly nice, with no… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE
by CHRISTIE, Agatha
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- Reissue
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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NY: Dodd Mead, 1985. FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Dodd Mead. HARDCOVER. 1985. THE WINTERBROOK EDITION Reprint Series. AS NEW, bound in gray and black with gold titles in Forest Green uniform stylized dust jacket. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Featuring Superintendent Huish. . Reissue. Hard Cover. Fine/Near… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used - Store stamp to front free endpaper, a few small dings and bumps, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelfwear
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London-Sydney: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, [1958]. First Australian edition. Store stamp to front free endpaper, a few small dings and bumps, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with mild shelfwear and rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. (563). Octavo, boards. Item Price
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by Agatha Christie
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- 1958
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this exciting standalone Agatha Christie novel, complete with a bright dust wrapper. A stand-alone piece of detective fiction, following a witness who realises after the incident that what he saw plays a crucial role in whether the man… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ordeal by Innocence
by Christie, Agatha
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- 1959
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- MMPB
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Pullman, Washington, USA
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New York, New York: Cardinal Editions / Pocket Books, Inc., 1959. MMPB. Good+. First Thus For weeks the newspapers carried the shocking details of the Argyle Murder Case, of Jack Argyle's trial and conviction for the brutal slaying of his mother, and finally of Jack's death. Only two people knew that justice had not been done. One was… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ordeal by Innocence
by Agatha Christie
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- 1985
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Ordeal By Innocence; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Agatha Christie Crime Collection)
by Christie, Agatha
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- Very Good
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- 1st Thus 1st Impression
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- 1972
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nr Canterbury, Kent, GBR
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London, UK: Hamlyn, 1972. 1st Thus 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st thus. 512pp. In black cloth boards with gilt and red decorations and lettering, red blocked spine labels, top edge sprayed red, decorative headband, red endpapers (boards are strong, bright and clean, with smooth edges and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ordeal by Innocence
by Christie, Agatha
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- Paperback
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Ordeal By Innocence
by Christie, Agatha
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- 1958
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Roslyn, NY: Walter J. Black. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Ordeal By Innocence
by Agatha Christie
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- 1959
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London, United Kingdom: The Book Club, 1959. General wear to jacket. Foxing to endpapers and title pages. 256 pages. . Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
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Ordeal by Innocence
by Agatha Christie
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- 1958
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London, Greater London, GBR
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UK: The Crime Club, Collins, 1958. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1958. A fine copy. No previous owner's name inscriptions, contents clean throughout. Covers are bright and completely unblemished. No bumping or rubbing to corners or edges. In a fine dust jacket with no nicks,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ordeal By Innocence
by Agatha Christie
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- 1970
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- Paperback
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Fontana Books, 1970. Paperback. Good. 1970. 8th Impression. 192 pages. Illustrated paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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Ordeal by Innocence
by Christie, Agatha.
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- Used - VG++/VG+/ND
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- 1st Edn, 2nd. Imp.
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- 1996-01-08
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- Paperback
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- 0006170676
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HarperCollins, 1996-01-08. 1st Edn, 2nd. Imp.. Paperback. VG++/VG+/ND. Box X39 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1993 (1958) * Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing aman in a coat with a case overlooking a harbour with a bell behind him. Orange and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ordeal By Innocence
by Agatha Christie
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- 1958
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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Christie mystery. The first edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed and dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper;… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE
by Christie, Agatha
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- 1990
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- Paperback
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Fontana, 1990. Paperback. Good.
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Ordeal By Innocence
by Christie, Agatha
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- TV tie-in edition
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HarperCollins. TV tie-in edition. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring theres something for every literary palate. All orders… Read more about this item Item Price
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