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Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY, published by Grosset & Dunlap, copyright 1942, circa 1942, First Printing thus (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page, wartimes conditions notice on copyright page - this would have been the 2nd U.S. printing after Dodd Mead issued the 1st printing and then quickly sold off the reprinting rights to G&D), white endpapers, black cloth boards with orange lettering to spine. Book has no creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight foxing/age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no wear to board edges or board corner or to spine tips, no spine darkening, no rubbing to spine lettering, no dust/handling soiling to boards & spine, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, virtually no wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, no edge wear, very slight spine fade (common with this DJ), no color wear to left/right of spine, no color rubbing, almost dust rubbing to white rear panel, no soiling or staining. Overall a N-FINE book in FINE-/N-FINE condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of rare WWII era Agatha Christie printing book with original dust jacket. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.