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Ordeal by Innocence
de Christie, Agatha
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- First
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- Muy bueno/Dust Jacket Included
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New York, New York, United States
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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1958 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine; in its original orange, white, blue and black dust jacket. Very good or better book, with light spotting to text block edges and endpapers; good price-clipped dust jacket, with some spotting, a light circular cup stain to front panel, light wear to spine ends and folds, a few small closed tears to edges and some splitting along lower portion of fold to right of spine, a crease to top edge of rear panel, and some tape repair to jacket verso. Overall, a solid copy. Agatha Christie's 1958 detective novel Ordeal by Innocence follows the re-opening of a murder investigation two years after the prosecution. Key witness Arthur Calgary discovers that he was with the accused at the time of the murder and tasks himself with uncovering the truth. The book was criticized at the time of its publication for being too psychological, however, more recent reviews cite it as one of Christie's best works of the 1950s. Christie herself sometimes referred to Ordeal by Innocence as her favorite work. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
Sinopsis
While serving a sentence for killing his mother - a crime he insisted he didn't commit - Jacko Argyle dies in prison. Two years later, the man who could have supported Jacko's alibi suddenly turns up. It appears that Jacko was innocent... and that the murderer is part of the surviving family.The novel was first published in 1958 by William Collins Son & Co. in London, and in 1959 by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. It was filmed in 1984 by Golan-Gobus Productions in England starring Donald Sutherland, Sarah Miles and Christopher Plummer. The film adheres closely to the novel. The New York Times described the novel as one of Christie's most engaging works. "Characteristically surprising, trickily constructed and yet firmly based in character..."This book is dedicated, "To Billy Collins with affection and gratitude." It was he who lured Christie from the Bodley Head, which published her first six books, to Williams Collins Sons & Co in 1926. Now known as HarperCollins this company is UK publisher of Christie's books to this day. An adaptation of tihs novel was broadcast, with the addition of Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, in 2007.
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- Librería
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- AC096
- Título
- Ordeal by Innocence
- Autor
- Christie, Agatha
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- London: The Crime Club by Collins
- Fecha de publicación
- 1958
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Firsts; Fiction; British Literature; Women's Literature; Mystery & Detective;
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B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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Sobre B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Selling First Editions and Rare Books from all centuries. Specializing in 19th and 20th century literature, modern first editions, signed and inscribed books, early children's literature, and poetry.
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- Cloth
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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....
- Text Block
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- Ediciones encuadernadas Primeras ediciones modernas
- Literatura de ficción Ficción por región Ficción británica
- Literatura de ficción Misterio y suspense Misterio Ficción criminal
- Literatura de ficción Misterio y suspense Misterio Agatha Christie
- Literatura de ficción Misterio y suspense Misterio Novela policiaca
- Literatura de ficción Ficción femenina
