THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD
de Christie, Agatha
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Good Plus to Very Good
- Librería
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: Dell, 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Dell 8700; Christie's 1950s novel featuring a secret agent trying to confirm rumors of espionage; a quiet, mild-mannered man planning world-wide destruction; and a cute, little typist from London whose meeting with her lover suddenly included intrigue and murder; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show light reading crease, other minor surface and edgewear, no significant flaws. Collectable.
Sinopsis
E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.Agatha Christie first visited Baghdad as a tourist in 1927; many years later she would become a resident of the exotic and then open city, and it was here, and while on archaeological digs throughout Iraq with her husband, Sir Max Mallowan, that Agatha Christie wrote some of her most important works.They Came to Baghdad is one of Agatha Christie's highly successful forays into the spy thriller genre. In this novel, Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. But the word is out, and an underground organisation is plotting to sabotage the talks.Into this explosive situation stumbles Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded secret agent dies in her hotel room. Now, if only she could make sense of his final words: 'Lucifer... Basrah... Lefarge...'
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Detalles
- Librería
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004004
- Título
- THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD
- Autor
- Christie, Agatha
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Mass Market Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Plus to Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- Dell
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1965
- Palabras clave
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, NEAR EAST, INTRIGUE, SUSPENSE
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Mystery; Vintage Paperback; Intrigue;
Términos de venta
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Sobre el vendedor
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Canandaigua, New York
Sobre H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
