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THE MOVING FINGER
de CHRISTIE, Agatha:
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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London: Collins, The Crime Club. 1943. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with the usual softening at the spine tips and a little rubbing at the extremities. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which has a little spotting to the rear panel and a short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel. Correctly priced 7s 6d net to the front flap. An exceptional example. The author considered 'The Moving Finger', in which Miss Marple makes an appearance, one of her best novels. The book takes its name from verse 51 of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, a poem which Agatha Christie greatly admired. The first UK edition was published by Collins in June 1943, preceded by the American (Dodd, Mead and Co.) edition of July 1942. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Sinopsis
The Moving Finger is detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in July 1942 and in UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1943. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). It features the elderly detective Miss Marple in a minor, deus ex machina-like role, appearing more than halfway through and in only a handful of scenes.
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- Lucius Books
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- Título
- THE MOVING FINGER
- Autor
- CHRISTIE, Agatha:
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First UK edition, first printing
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- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- London: Collins, The Crime Club. 1943
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
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