New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +. 5 x 8 in. Blue cloth boards with red titles. Condition is GOOD+ ; corners and spine ends bumped with light wear, covers have some pale spotting. Front inner hinge started but muslin is undamaged. Text brght and clean, edges toned. Fic. RGR.
Hamlyn, 1969. 1st edition. Three classic crime novels. Mystery of the Blue Train, The Listerdale Mystery and Murder at the Vicarage. Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrappe.
UK: Collins Crime Club, 1972. New Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good++. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Greenway Uniform Edition 1st 1972. The Greenway Edition published by Collins Crime Club brings together all Christies writing published by them since the late 1920's. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Price clipped. Uncommon. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18342
HarperCollins, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Ed Thus. Second ed. thus. Facsimile first ed. Fine/Fine condition. Includes "belly band" around dustjacket..
Murder on Board: Three Complete Mystery Novels - The Mystery of the Blue Train, Death in the Air, What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
Agatha Christie
Murder on Board: Three Complete Mystery Novels - The Mystery of the Blue Train, Death in the Air, What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
Agatha Christie
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company
Date published: 1974
New York : Dodd, Mead & Company , 1974. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". None . A delightful work comprising of three mystery novels by Agatha Christie, all with the connected trope of murders taking place in transit. Contains three of Agatha Christie's superb mystery novels.First thus. In the original unclipped dust wrapper and the publisher's original paper covered boards.Features Christie's recurring characters Hercule Poirot and fan-favourite Miss Marple with all the classic murder mystery, twists and suspense.These stories are all linked in their use of train journeys, a classic and well-used trope of Christie's. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, excellent with slight rubbing to extremities and minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper has a couple markings to the wrap and minimal edge wear, otherwise in near fine condition with protective mylar sleeve. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean and bright with a handful of spots to the top edge. Near Fine
The Crime Club, Collins, London. 1951. Crime Club/Collins. 1951. 18th impression. Hardback with DW. Board margins affected by damp and discoloured. Ownership signature to front endpaper and slight browning to pages. Wrapper is bright, a little worn at extremities and slightly affected by damp to joints with front and rear flaps, front flap being re-attached with tape.
The Detective Story Club N/D. POCKET SIZE, NO D/W, duodecimo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, 248pp, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate fading to lettering on spine, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, fep potentially missing, moderate tanning to eps, light cracking to front gutter, v heavy crack to rear gutter- page block almost detached but just hanging on!)
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 .
Clamshell Box for The Mystery of the Blue Train. Quarter blue leather with chemise. Five raised bands with gold lettering to the spine. Used once. A wonderful production for your first edition of The Mystery of the Blue Train. Photographs/scans available upon request.
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
London: Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An early edition of Agatha Christie's Poirot story 'The Mystery of the Blue Train'. The first edition, twelfth impression. Issued seven years after the true first. Understandably lacking the very scarce original dustwrapper.A very early edition of this important Poirot novel in the Christie canon. Agatha Christie is known as the queen of Crime Fiction. She wrote during the Golden Age of the genre and created beloved detectives such as Hercule Poirot with his 'little grey cells' and the inquisitive elderly sleuth Miss Marple. The pages are unusually clean. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light rubbing to he joints and extremities. Minor bumping to the bottom of board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Small ink mark to the bottom edge. Pages are clean. Very Good Indeed
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.
Death on the Nile / The A.B.C. Murders / Murder on the Orient Express / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / The Mysterious Affair at Styles / The Mystery of the Blue Train (6 Volume Set)
Christie, Agatha
Death on the Nile / The A.B.C. Murders / Murder on the Orient Express / The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / The Mysterious Affair at Styles / The Mystery of the Blue Train (6 Volume Set)
Christie, Agatha
Publisher: The Easton Press
Date published: 2006
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..
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