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Christie, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover, covers rubbed, and faded at edges, spine faded, ink marks at top inside of front cover, light browning to eps, otherwise Good without dustjacket.

Seller: John Stoodley, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

Christie Agatha.. They Came to Bagdad.. Collins Crime Club 1st. edition., 1951.

Price: US$10.40 + shipping

Description: No d/ w. Boards slightly faded to spine. Some spotting to fore-edge but not affecting text. Previous owner inscription to verso of front board and f.e.p.!

Seller: Neil Carver Books, SOUTHPORT, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. Collins Crime Club, 1951.

Price: US$10.40 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Lacks dustwrapper, slight rubbing to boards, with some slight fading. Gift inscription to free front end paper, no other inscriptions. Clean internally with very little wear, some spotting to end papers and edge of text block. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, United Kingdom

Christie, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. The Thriller Book Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$12.94 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No inscriptions, minor wear. This book was first published by Collins Crime Club in the same year as this publication. Good reading copy. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations’ Codes of Ethics.

Seller: Weysprings Books, IOBA, PBFA, HINDHEAD, United Kingdom

CHRISTIE, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Red cloth stamped in black on spine. Tidy cover with some spots of foxing on spine, tight bindings, ffep clipped to remove a name, very light toning in endpapers, tidy pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

CHRISTIE, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$16.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Red cloth titled in black on spine. Tight and square, faded at spine, 2 light cup marks on boards, name in front, faint foxing in endpapers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

CHRISTIE, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Red cloth titled in black on spine. Tidy cover, lightly foxed at spine. Very light foxing in endpapers, owner's initials in front. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

Christie, Agatha. They Came to Bagdad. Collins Crime Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. Unfortunately the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks. Into this explosive situation skips Victoria Jones, a girl with a yearning for adventure. CONDITION Orange bds, pp 256. Bright and crisp copy internally apart from lightly foxed end pages, spine faded and toned, o/w unworn. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand

Christie, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Collins, 1951.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover, with dust jacket. Bright red cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine. Tan dust jacket with red and green lettering. No date on title page. Dated 1951 on copyright page. 256 pages. Good condition. Binding is strong and square. Cloth is bright and clean with some light bumping to the spine and corners. Pages evenly toned throughout, but free of marks or foxing. A few tiny marks to the endpapers, but nothing of great notice. Dust jacket has been wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Jacket is heavily toned with chipping at head of spine and corners. Light shelf rubbing to the fore-edge and back of the dust jacket. No large tears or creases. Overall good condition. Please email with questions or to see any photos.

Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. Dodd , Mead and Company, New York, 1951.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: T1 - A first US edition (same date) hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, crease, some small tears and open tears on the edges, corners, and some sides, some scattered small tears/cracks, chipping, wrinkling, and crease on the spine, "C3TY" written on the front flap, tanning, and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners and chipping on the edges, wrinkling on the spine edges, previous owner's name written on the front fxied endpaper, some darkened patches on the endpapers, light tanning and shelf wear. Red Badge Detective. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.5"x5.75", 218 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. They Came to Baghdad is an adventure novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 5 March 1951 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6) and the US edition at $2.50. The book was inspired by Christie's own trips to Baghdad with her second husband, archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, and is also one of few Christie novels belonging to the action and spy fiction genres, rather than to mysteries and whodunnits. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Bookmarc's, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Agatha Christie. Partners in Crime. The Crime Club, Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$84.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Uniform Edition printing of Agatha Christie's short story anthology. This work features her famous detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Undated, dated from the list of Christie publications to the verso of half-title. 'They Came to Baghdad' is the final novel on this list.This collection was first printed in 1929.With the original unclipped dustwrapper. which features a striking design to the front wrap.A small format of this Agatha Christie collection, which contains several fantastic whodunnits. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spine. Patch of dust wrapper adhered to the rear board with evidence of removal attempt. Front hinge is strained but firm. Rear hinge is tender. Dust wrapper is sound with a large loss to the rear wrap. A few smaller chips to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned due to the paper used, with just the odd spot. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. Collins (U.K.), 1951.

Price: US$84.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD, published by Collins, copyright 1945, FIRST PRINTING (says "Copyright -- Printed in Great Britain -- 1951" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings, lists to "A Murder is Announced" on list of Christie books to left of title page, redish orange boards with black lettering on spine. Book has just a few creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used book store marks/stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers - no tape staining or markings, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges - foxing just to top outer page edge, no spine lean, tight white pages with sharp corners, no wear to board edges, board corners, or to spine tips, spine sun fading/foxing is only real defect, no soiling or stains, no wear/loss to black spine lettering. Book also comes with a color fascimile of the UK 1st issue Dust jacket to provide protection from damage and to improve its appearance on a shelf. Overall a VG+ book of a rare early 1950s era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1s printing hardcover books up for sale.

Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. The Thriller Book Club, Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$104.01 + shipping

Description: An uncommon issue of Agatha Christie's adventure thriller, inspired by her own trips to Baghdad with her second husband. Published by Collins' 'Thriller Club' imprint the same year as her true first edition issued by the Crime Club.Whilst Agatha Christie is widely known for her popular detective fiction, with such influential characters as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie also wrote a small selection of novels belonging to the action and spy fiction genres, such as this work 'They Came to Baghdad'. This work begins in the centre of Baghdad, the city chosen for a secret summit of superpowers, all concerned but not convinced about the development of an unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. However, the secret British agent who can prove the details of this secret weapon is killed by a shadowy group who are plotting to sabotage the event. It is then up to the enthusiastic young "adventurer" Victoria Jones to decipher the agent's dying last works and save the summit.With the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Tape residue to the front board. Dustwrapper is sound. Chips to the extremities and a tape repair to the head of front wrap, rear wrap and internally to the head and tail of both wraps. Hole oto the spine of dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned and clean. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. The Crime Club, by Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$117.02 + shipping

Description: The first edition of this standalone political thriller by Queen of Crime Agatha Christie. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.'They Came to Baghdad' was inspired by Agatha's own trips to Baghdad with her archaeologist husband Sir Max Mallowan. A thrilling tale of espionage and action, this is one of Christie's few novels not to follow the formula of a mystery novel or whodunnit. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip tail, and bright boards. Lacking the majority of the dust wrapper front wrap, with remaining portion torn in two, separating the front flyleaf from the front wrap. Further loss to tail of back strip, with minor loss to back strip head. Dust wrapper age toned, with light spotting to reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Christie, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Collins Crime Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$123.52 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardback in d/w; 1st edition; red cloth covers, with a little patchy fading to spine ends; covers clean. No handwriting inside book such as names; generally a nice clean copy, just a few spots in margin on page 87/88; blocked page foredges look a little grubby; dustwrapper fair to good. D/w not price clipped (8/6) ; unfortunately has approx. 30% loss to spine. Could be overlaid on paper to improve appearance. See picture on our site or abe; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came To Baghdad w/Original Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped. Collins (U.K.), 1951.

Price: US$159.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD, published by Collins, copyright 1945, FIRST PRINTING (says "Copyright -- Printed in Great Britain -- 1951" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings, lists to "A Murder is Announced" on list of Christie books to left of title page, redish orange boards with black lettering on spine, 2nd/later state DJ with review of "Cat Among The Pigeons" on rear panel, 7s 6d net price on DJ front flap. Book has a couple of creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used book store marks/stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers - no tape staining or markings, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight age darkening/dust soiling/foxing to outer page edges, no spine lean, tight white pages with sharp corners, no wear to board edges, barest hint of wear to board corners, wear to spine tips, slight spine sun fading, faint spot on spine otherwise almost no soiling or stains, no wear/loss to black spine lettering. Dust jacket has no chipping, tearing, or creasing, almost no wear to spine tips - 'v' losses to couple of spine tip corners, no wear to front flap crease (just at flap crease corners), slight spine sun darkening, very slight dust soiling (common with this all-white DJ) otherwise no soiling or staining to panels, hint of edge wear. Overall a VG+ book in FINE- condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare early 1950s era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing with original later state dust jacket. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1s printing hardcover books up for sale.

Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.

Christie, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Published for The Crime Club by Collins 1951, London, 1951.

Price: US$162.52 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 256 pp. Red cloth with black lettering to spine, in dustjacket. Rubbing at fading at spine and edges of binding. Jacket torn with loss at spine and edges and a water stain to the rear cover. Some loss to endpapers at the spine alongside some foxing. 8vo.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. Published for The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$208.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1951 first edition. Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 256 pages. Red cloth covered boards with black titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, corners and spine ends a bit rubbed, base of spine is faded where part of the dust jacket is missing, offsetting to half title, a few faint spots to end-papers, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean. Dust jacket condition fair to good, there are a lot of chips and nicks and tears at the edges, a small piece is missing from the base of the spine and runs round on to the front panel, the word "club" is gone from the jacket, spots to the rear panel, age and dust darkened, not price clipped, though no price is present. Agatha Christie's adventure espionage thriller inspired by her own travels to Baghdad with her husband an archaeologist.

Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom

CHRISTIE,, Agatha.. THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD. Published for The Crime Club.. Sydney, Collins 1951., 1951.

Price: US$221.47 + shipping

Description: 256pp. 8vo. Original cloth in lightly rubbed dustwrapper, small loss to top front corner edge. Edges browned A very good copy. First edition. In the pictorial dustwrapper by Koskie - the UK first came in a typographic dustwrapper

Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia

Christie (Agatha). They came to Baghdad. Collins Crime Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$234.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 8vo. Original dark orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6. A good first edition of this tale of international intrigue and deadly peril. Contemporary ownership inscription to front endpaper; jacket slightly toned and rubbed with couple of small chips, light marking to lower panel.

Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came To Baghdad - UK 1951 w/Original Dust Jacket NOT PRICE CLIPPED. Collins (U.K.), 1951.

Price: US$249.99 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD, published by Collins, copyright 1945, FIRST PRINTING (says "Copyright -- Printed in Great Britain -- 1951" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings, lists to "A Murder is Announced" on list of Christie books to left of title page, redish orange boards with black lettering on spine, correct 1st state DJ with list of Christie books on rear panel of "A Murder is Announced", 8s 6d net price on DJ front flap. Book has no creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used book store marks/stamps/stickers inside, clean endpapers - no tape staining or markings, no foxing to pages or endpapers, slight age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing/dust soiling), no spine lean, tight white pages with sharp corners, no wear to board edges, board corners, or to spine tips, no spine sun fading, no soiling or stains, no wear/loss to black spine lettering. Dust jacket has sliver loss at spine tips and at top corner on front flap otherwise no chipping, tearing, or creasing, hint of wear to spine tips, almost no wear to front flap crease (just at flap crease corners), very slight spine sun darkening, hint of slight dust soiling (common with this all-white DJ) otherwise no soiling or staining to panels, hint of edge wear. Overall a N-FINE book in VG+/FINE- condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare early 1950s era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing with original dust jacket. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1s printing hardcover books up for sale.

Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976). They Came to Baghdad. London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1951, 1951.

Price: US$253.53 + shipping

Description: [Crime Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. Recently re-bound in burgundy half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. All edges trimmed, with the original publisher's cloth spine bound in at rear. Some browning and spotting to half-title and final page of text. A small tear to margin of p.7/8, carefully repaired. Light spotting to edges. Presented in an attractive new leather binding. Very good. Less of a detective novel, and more of a spy thriller, this novel draws on Christie's own experiences working alongside her husband, Max Mallowan, in archaeological digs in the region.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Christie (Agatha). They came to Baghdad. Collins Crime Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$299.04 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 8vo. Original dark orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. A very good first edition of this tale of international intrigue and deadly peril. Ink name and bookseller's small sticker to front pastedown; a very good copy.

Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom

Christie (Agatha). They came to Baghdad. Collins Crime Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$299.04 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original dark orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. A very good first edition of this tale of international intrigue and deadly peril. Ink name and bookseller's small sticker to front pastedown; a very good copy; jacket price-clipped, mild toning, but overall very good.

Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom

CHRISTIE, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Published for The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Owner's ink name on front fly, front board bumped at one tip else a near fine copy in very good dust jacket with a couple of modest chips and tears.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

CHRISTIE, AGATHA.. They Came to Baghdad. London: Collins, 1951, 1951.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Owner's name crossed out on the front free endpaper; very good to fine in a chipped dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

AGATHA CHRISTIE. THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD. COLLINS, THE CRIME CLUB, LONDON & GLASGOW, 1951.

Price: US$310.74 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: SOUND BINDING. NO INSCRIPTIONS. SHELFWEAR TO FOOT OF SPINE. CROWN OF SPINE SLIGHTLY BRUISED. CORNERS SQUARE. LIGHT CRINKLE TO FRONT BOARD. AGE TONING TO ONE SIDE OF THE MOCK TITLE PAGE. VERY MINOR SIGNS OF AGE AND USAGE. ORIGINAL SMALL RETAIL STICKER FOR "ROFFEY & CLARKE" ADHERED TO REAR PASTEDOWN ( SLIGHTLY DETERIOTAED FOIL HAS LEFT GHOSTED IMAGE ON REAR FREE ENDPAPER). JACKET: A FEW SMALL CHIPS, EDGE WEAR. NOT CLIPPED. SOME FEW MARKS. ALL IN ALL A NEAR FINE EXAMPLE. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS.

Seller: WESSEX, GREAT TORRINGTON, DEVON, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. The Crime Club, Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$344.54 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A first edition book with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Red cloth boards with faded and bleach spotted spine. Mild bumping of the spine. Clean end papers and contents. Dust jacket with loss to the spine affecting some loss of text. Faded spine of the jacket with scratches.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

CHRISTIE, Agatha.. They Came To Baghdad.. London, Collins, 1951., 1951.

Price: US$344.58 + shipping

Description: London, Collins, 1951. 8°. 256 Seiten. Rotes OLeinen im OUmschlag. First edition in original cloth with dust wrapper. A very good plus copy in slightly chipped very good dust wrapper. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***

Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria

Agatha Christie. They Came to Baghdad. Collins, London, 1951.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: 16 mo. 256pp. First Edition with 8/s price to front flap. Fine, Near Fine. Unclipped dust jacket barely rubbed with ¼” missing piece at tail of spine, not affecting text and a teeny chip at head of spine, otherwise a bright and fresh copy.

Seller: La Playa Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976). They Came to Baghdad. London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1951, 1951.

Price: US$370.55 + shipping

Description: [Crime fiction] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Hand-bound in deep red half calf over cloth sides, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Toning to first and final leaves else contents clean, exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Less of a detective novel, and more of a spy thriller, this novel draws on Christie's own experiences working alongside her husband, Max Mallowan, in archaeological digs in the region.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came To Baghdad. Collins Crime Club, London and Glasgow, 1951.

Price: US$392.37 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition London and Glasgow 1951. 256 pp. Book very good+, Dustwrapper very good+. Not price clipped. Original price of 8 shillings and six pence. Book has a light wear at the spine and a little toning on the top edges. It has very slight browning and foxing on the edges of the textblock. Otherwise clean and a little bit age tanned. Dustwrapper has a lite wear and chipping along top and bottom edge near spine. Slight darkning to spine. Back panel has some minimal foxing. See photos.

Seller: Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat, PBFA, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

Agatha Christie. They Came To Baghdad. The Crime Club/ William Collins Sons & Co. Publishers London, 1951.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover with the pages toning, and one small indentation on the front board by the spine, in a very good dustjacket with wear to the extremities, one closed tear on the front cover and two small closed tears on the back cover, and some browning to the back cover. Although not price clipped no price is present, which makes this an international jacket. A stand-alone featuring Victoria Jones, an un-employed shorthand typist, who receives an offer to go to Baghdad to work for a mysterious organisation called the "Olive Branch" which she accepts, and the adventure begins. It was adapted for the 1952 U.S TV show "Westinghouse Studio One"

Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada

Christie, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad. Collins Crime Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$513.57 + shipping

Description: (London: Published for THE CRIME CLUB by Collins 1951). First UK Edition. Publisher's orange-red boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards bright and clean. A tiny bit of fading to the head of the spine (matching wear in the dustwrapper) and slightly soft spine tips.Dusty top-edge. Overall VG indeed. The VG dustwrapper has shallow chipping at the head of the spine (7 mm at its deepest) that affects the top of THEY. At the base of the spine there is very minor creasing and rubbing. The spine of the dustwrapper is toned but the lettering is still perfectly clear. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Christie, Agatha. They Came To Baghdad. London Collins 1951, 1951.

Price: US$520.07 + shipping

Description: A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1951. A near fine with a name and date to the front endpaper. In a very good complete and unclipped wrapper a little faded to the spine. Some light chipping to the spine tips and corners. Rare in this complete state of the wrapper.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. They Came To Bagdad. The Crime Club by Collins, London UK, 1951.

Price: US$552.57 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A very good first edition of They Came to Bagdad with dust jacket. Bright cloth boards with clean contents. Price clipped dust jacket with minimal wear and only light chipping on the spine ends. 8vo 256pp. 

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

Christie, Agatha. They Came to Baghdad.. Collins Crime Club, London, 1951.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, contemporary inscription to the front pastedown. Uncommon in this condition. Inspired by Christie's own trips to Baghdad with her second husband, archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, They Came To Baghdad opens with enthusiastic young adventurer Victoria Jones discovering a dying secret British agent in her hotel room. His last words - "Lucifer.Basrah.Lefarge" - propel her into investigation. The novel was adapted into an episode of American radio anthology drama series Westinghouse Studio One in 1952.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.