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NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Original blue cloth titled in orange, orange topstain. Cloth somewhat insected/foxed. Bottom block edge marked, lower board has a small mark. Hinges slightly starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 306 pages .

London: W. Collins Sons & Co LTD, 1929. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An early impression of Christie's sixth novel to feature the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, the fifth impression, printed the year after the first. The fifth impression, printed in March 1929. The first edition was printed in March 1928.A gripping Hercule Poirot murder mystery, set on le Train Bleu to the French Riviera, on which a woman is found strangled, and the famous ruby she owned is discovered to be missing...Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the spine, and to the boards. Spine is a little discoloured. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small closed tear to the tail of the spine. A few spots to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Octavo, 306pp., plus advertisements. This reprint printed from the plates of the ninth Dodd, Mead printing, per the copyright page. A sharp, lovely, near fine copy in the publisher's pale orange cloth, stamped in black. Top edge faintly dust-soiled, but a nice example, with contemporary owner's name on the front free endpaper, else unmarked. In a nicer than usual example of the dust jacket, notably vibrant, with a few short tears and chips at the extremities; near fine.

Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 6 Volume Set. Bound in matching burgundy leather boards with gilt lettering and designs along spines and covers. Silk moire inside covers and endpapers. Bound silk ribbon bookmarks, full gilt page edges. Minor shelfwear. All volumes are tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Near Fine condition..