The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
by Christie, Agatha
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Facsimile
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The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd (1926, Dodd, Mead. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Stated 7th Printing Thus, December, 1926. USED. VG-/ New Fax Dust Jacket. Agatha Christie. HERCULE POIROT. A nice copy. We consider offers.
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The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd (1926, Dodd, Mead. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Stated 7th Printing Thus, December, 1926. USED. VG-/ New Fax Dust Jacket. Agatha Christie. HERCULE POIROT. A nice copy. Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's most controversial mysteries, he Murder of Roger Ackroyd breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. The peaceful English village of King's Abbot is stunned. First, the attractive widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. It is a baffling, complex case involving blackmail, suicide, and violent death, a cast that taxes Hercule Poirot's "little grey cells" before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his fabled career." Will ship from Oregon.
Synopsis
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons in June 1926 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company on the 19th of the same month. It features Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. It is one of Christie's best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre.
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- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 634ChristieAckroyd7
- Title
- The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Facsimile
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 306
- Size
- 5 3/8 X 7 5/8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Agatha Christie, Mystery, Roger Ackroyd, First Edition, Rare, Hercule Poirot
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Books Into Film; Anglophilia; Agatha Christie; women's Studies; Law; Justice; Detective Fiction; Hercule Poirot; 20th Century Literature;
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