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AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS, published by UK publisher The Bodley Head/John Lane, copyright 1925, 1930 Printing (states "First Published in 1925" and "First Published in this series in 1930" on copyright page), blue cloth boards with green art-deco design & green lettering to spine. NOTE - THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT (PRINTED IN THIN PAPERSTOCK) USING A "SILHOUETTE" STYLE COVER ART WAS USED BY THE BODLEY HEAD IN 1930/1931 FOR A SERIES OF ITS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORKS (BUT ONLY THIS BOOK AND "THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT" OF THE 6 AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOKS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BY THE BODLEY HEAD WERE EVER RELEASED IN THIS PARTICULAR FORMAT/EDITION). VERY DIFFICULT BOOK TO FIND IN ITS ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Book has no creased page corners, no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean endpapers with no staining or tape residue, no foxing to pages, endpapers, or outer pages, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no lettering fading/wear to spine, no wear to board edges, board corners or to spine tips, no soiling to cloth boards, no bumped board corners. Dust Jacket has chip at top of spine (a complete copied DJ has been laid in loose behind the dust jacket inside the dust jacket protector to improve shelf appearance) otherwise no chipping or tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips and to left/right on spine, hint of wear to front flap crease, hint of edge wear, almost no dust soiling to panels, slight spine sun fade, no scotch tape marks to flaps, no soiling or staining. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare early 1930s era UK Agatha Christie printing IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale. Seller Inventory # ABE-1497585000677
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