AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE - 1942 W/DJ RARE N - FINE
Item History & Price
AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE, published by Triangle, copyright 1930, printed 1942 (states "Triangle Books edition published March 1942" on the copyright page), there were 2 Dodd Mead printings (and no Grosset & Dunlap edition) so this would be the third U.S. printing of this book, white endpapers, light tan cloth boards with red lettering & art design to spine and front panel (same design as the Dodd Mead edition).
Book has no crease...d page corners, former owner's tiny address label to inside front board otherwise no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, red outer page edging is very nice - no drop spots or fading, page edges starting to age yellow (typical WWII poor paper quality), no wear to board edges or board corner or spine tips, no spine darkening, no rubbing to spine lettering, no dust/handling soiling to boards & spine, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, almost no wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, almost no edge wear, ever so slight spine sun fading/darkening (depending upon your point of view), no wear to left/right of spine, no color rubbing to front panel, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel & spine, no soiling or staining. Overall a N-FINE book in FINE-/N-FINE condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of rare WWII era Agatha Christie printing book 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.
Book has no crease...d page corners, former owner's tiny address label to inside front board otherwise no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, red outer page edging is very nice - no drop spots or fading, page edges starting to age yellow (typical WWII poor paper quality), no wear to board edges or board corner or spine tips, no spine darkening, no rubbing to spine lettering, no dust/handling soiling to boards & spine, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, almost no wear to spine tips, no wear to front flap crease, almost no edge wear, ever so slight spine sun fading/darkening (depending upon your point of view), no wear to left/right of spine, no color rubbing to front panel, hint of dust rubbing to white rear panel & spine, no soiling or staining. Overall a N-FINE book in FINE-/N-FINE condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of rare WWII era Agatha Christie printing book 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.
