The Labours of Hercules - First Printing
Language: English
Published by Collins Crime Club, London, 1947
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 689.35
Quantity: 1 available
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. no inscriptions, unblemished red boards (see picture) no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, no spine lean, tight white pages with sharp corners. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, not price clipped (8s 6d) some chips and repaired closed tears and the signs of a sympathetic repair around the second A in Agatha on the spine (see pictures). This is a nice copy of the First UK Edition, First Printing with "Copyright -- Printed in Great Britain -- 1947" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings, lists to "The Hollow" on list of Christie books to left of title page, 1st state DJ with reviews of "The Hollow" on rear flap.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Labours of Hercules - First Printing
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Publisher
- Collins Crime Club, London
- Publication year
- 1947
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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| Item | 7 to 10 business days | 10 to 45 business days |
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| First item | US$ 24.76 | US$ 24.76 |
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M&B Books is a partnership between an experienced part-time dealer and a full-time online bookseller – both based in South London. Mick McLean has been selling collectable books at markets and Book Fairs since 1983. Mick sells mainly Modern First Editions with a crime and mystery focus reflecting his own collecting interests. To complement Mick’s depth of experience, Peter Belchamber brings the zeal of the relatively new entrant to book collection and dealing. Peter's interests include thriller writers and adventure stories from the 1920s to the present day, together with historical fiction.…
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M&B Books
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M&B Books is a partnership between an experienced part-time dealer and an enthusiastic relative newcomer, now with six year's experience, both based in South London, England. Mick McLean has been selling collectable books at markets and Book Fairs in the UK since 1983. He also once exhibitied at the Rocky Mountain Book Fair in Denver, Co. Mick sells mainly Modern First Editions with a crime and mystery focus reflecting his own collecting interests. To complement Mick’s depth of experience, Peter Belchamber still brings the zeal of the newly converted to book collection and dealing. Peter's interests include historical fiction, thriller writers and adventure stories from the 1960s to the present day. He specialises in complete sets of first editions by authors such as Patrick O'Brian, Allan Mallinson, Anthony Powell, Olivia Manning, Pat Barker, Gerald Seymour, Donna Leon, Colm Toibin, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Stephen Boyd, and in period books by Dornford Yates. He sells also runs and collections of the New Naturalist series of natural history first editions and illustrated children's books by Arthur Ransome and others.
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