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London: for the Crime Club by Collins,, 1941. First British edition, first impression, of the author's wartime spy thriller. The book takes its title from a catechism in the Book of Common Prayer which asks, "What is your Christian name? Answer N. or M." The novel is the first to feature mature versions of Christie's detectives Tommy and Tuppence, the crime-solving husband and wife who previously appeared in The Secret Adversary (1922) and Partners in Crime (1929). Published in Britain in November 1941, the book was originally published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company earlier the same month. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked, extremities bumped, board edges lightly sunned, top edge faintly foxed, contents clean; spine of dust jacket toned, extremities slightly worn with a few small chips, faint damp stain to verso, unclipped: a very good copy in good jacket.
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This atmospheric story, set during World War Two, finds Tommy and Tuppence doing what they do best – having an adventure. These unlikely Intelligence Service spies decide to help Queen and country by tracking down two ruthless traitors. The only clue to the traitors' identities is a government agent's dying words that lead them to the Sans Souci boarding house, where it'll take some extremely subtle detection work to establish which of the guests are the treacherous N and M.Published in 1941, the novel is one of two which Christie worked on simultaneously during the Second World War whilst living alone in London. She alternated her writing of The Body in the Library and N or M? to keep herself "fresh at task."
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- Librería
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 162982
- Título
- N or M?
- Autor
- CHRISTIE, Agatha
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Lugar de publicación
- London: for the Crime Club by Collins,
- Fecha de publicación
- 1941
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Sobre el vendedor
Peter Harrington
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
London
Sobre Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
