AGATHA CHRISTIE - SPARKLING CYANIDE - UK 1ST 1945 w/DJ NOT PRICE CLIPPED

Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - SPARKLING CYANIDE published by Collins, copyright 1945, FIRST PRINTING (says "Copyright -- Printed in Great Britain -- 1945" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings, lists to "Death Comes As The End" on list of Christie books to left of title page, redish orange boards with black lettering on spine, correct 1st state DJ with blank rear flap and generic Christie reviews to rear panel, and 8s. 6d. net price on DJ front flap (later state DJs had a lower price point). SHOP AND COMPARE - A REBOUND COPY WITH NO DUST JACKET JUST RECENTLY SOLD FOR $320 - SEE EBAY 155877319079 Book has no creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used book store marks/stamps/stickers inside, scotch tape residue mark at front internal hinge (tape long since fallen off) otherwise clean endpapers with no markings, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no spine lean, tight white pages with sharp corners, no wear to board edges or corners or spine tips, very slight spine sun darkening, hint of dust/handling soiling to boards otherwise no soiling or stains, no wear/loss to black spine lettering. Dust jacket missing lower half of spine (copied DJ has been laid in loose behind the DJ inside the DJ protector to improve shelf appearance), sliver loss at top of spine otherwise no chipping, tearing, or creasing, slight wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), slight spine sun darkening, slight dust soiling to white rear panel (very common defect with this DJ) otherwise no soiling or staining to panels, hint of edge wear. Overall a FINE- book in GD+ condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare WW II era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing with original dust jacket. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture. NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE). For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office). Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs). Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END. Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you). Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail). As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items). Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book. I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defect.

Price: 264.99 USD

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

End Time: 2024-12-07T05:32:00.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD