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AGATHA CHRISTIE - A POCKET FULL OF RYE, published by UK Thriller Book Club, copyright 1953, FIRST PRINTING THUS in 1954 (says "This Edition 1954" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings, lists to "They Do It With Mirrors" on list of Christie books to left of title page, yellow boards with black lettering on spine. NOTE - THERE WERE ONLY 3 AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE "THRILLER BOOK CLUB" (THIS BOOK, A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, AND THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD) - ALL WERE PRINTED IN VERY SMALL QUANTITIES (AS THE THRILLER BOOK CLUB HAD A MUCH SMALLER MEMBERSHIP THAN THE BROADER UK "THE BOOK CLUB") and EACH HAD UNIQUE ARTWORK ONLY FOUND ON THIS PARTICULAR BOOK. 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, dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), no spine lean, tight white pages with sharp corners (age darkening to page edges), no wear to board edges or to board corners, hint of wear to spine tips, no spine sun fading, no soiling or stains, no wear/loss to black spine lettering. Dust jacket has closed tear on spine otherwise no chipping, tearing, or creasing, hint of wear to spine tips, almost no wear to front flap crease, almost no spine sun fading, slight dust soiling to rear panel otherwise no almost soiling or staining to panels, no edge wear. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG/VG+ condition dust jacket of a rare early 1950s era UK Agatha Christie 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.
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