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Pan small owners name inside front cover. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good.

First edition third impression of this re-issue of the Agatha Christie classic. Size octavo, 317 pages. Black hard cover with silver gilt titles to the spine, grey end-papers, with the dust jacket. Book condition fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, very slight curl to edges otherwise fine, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London, UK: Hamlyn, 1970. 1st Thus 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st thus. 544p. In black cloth boards with gilt and red decorations and lettering, red blocked spine labels, top edge sprayed red, decorative headband, orange endpapers (boards are strong, bright and clean, with smooth edges and sharp corners). There is a previous owner's label on the front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (very gently bumped on corners and spine ends, faded titles on a sunned spine as typical for this edition, mild marks from water damage along bottom edge and base of spine with some reddening from endpapers on inner flaps). Dust jacket now protected in an archival quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A pleasing volume from the Agatha Christie Crime Collection. 8vo. The Agatha Christie Crime Collection, issued by Hamlyn Publishing Group in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is a definitive collected edition of Christie's crime fiction, including her short stories, up to the publication of Nemesis in 1972. Each volume contains three of her detective fiction novels. Issued by Hamlyn on by monthly subscription only and was not sold through bookshops. The set was nicely produced, with each volume featuring golden dagger over Christie's initials on the front panel, coloured endpapers, sprayed edges and encased in period dust jackets, each one featuring a element of one of the three mysteries. Some of those in the series are now hard to find especially, it is said, some of the later issues, as subscriptions to the series fell off towards the end. We have several volumes from this series in stock and offer generous discounts to those purchasing more than one volume at a time - please inquire.

UK,slim 12mo p/back 1st edn thus.[Originally a UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,published by W. Collins Sons & Co.,London in 1928.] VG.No owner inscptn and no price removal (2/-) to cover.Bright,glossy,vibrant colour pictorial artwork by PEFF,illustrated front cover,with white and dark grey letters,slightly dulled white letters to cherry-red concave spine with reading creases,rear cover with story precis and author's potted biography; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corner - no nicks or tears present.Front cover with indeterminate smudges(?) across it's top 1/3rd,over the titling.Rear,top corner with a crease leaving a concomitant impression of the fold to some of the later pages' top corners,but in diminishing visibility to them.All edges ubiquitously aged/toned - a small water stain to foot of fore-edge - but no foxing; contents tight, text block clear and visible but,inevitable page-edge toning - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any other pages' corners other than from already described corner crease.UK,slim 12mo p/back 1st edn thus,by this publisher,5-188pp [paginated] includes XXXVI (36) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,title page with dedication to reverse,and to the rear,3pp publisher's advert. This appears to be one of his very first commission painting's cover for PAN as,dated 1954,this is the year he went freelance.It also appears to be very SCARCE in this edition as only one internet copy noted so far.One of Christie's early 'Poirot' detective-stories and possibly a thrilling tale that many 'fans' may not have come across before.A famous ruby known as 'Heart of Fire',passes into the possession of a beautiful American woman,Ruth Kettering. Jewels have often,through the course of history,been associated with death and violence,and the 'Heart of Fire' excercises its baneful and mysterious influence on those who come into contact with it.Ruth Kettering is murdered while travelling across France to the Riviera in the Blue Train.And a quiet English girl,Katherine Grey,who has got into conversation with Mrs Kettering,finds that her conviction that nothing exciting would ever happen to her is suddenly proved false.There is another passenger on the train to whom Katherine had spoken casually - a little man with an egg-shaped head and a fierce moustache.His reply to her remarks is curious and unexpected.And when the train arrives at Nice,Hercule Poirot is called on to unravel a most complicated crime. Samuel John Peffer (known as PEFF),b. 3rd November, 1921 – d. 14th March,2014) was a British commercial artist who designed film posters,and paperback book covers.His best known work was for the covers of the paperback James Bond novels published by PAN BOOKS LTD.,in the 1950s and 1960s,for which he created a consistent and distinctive style.He went freelance around 1954.He was noticed by the Pan Books art buyer,Tony Bowen-Davies,and during the 1950s and 1960s,he painted hundreds of book covers,including from 1957,particularly the Fleming novels 'Casino Royale','Moonraker','From Russia with Love' and 'Dr. No.',all for Pan, as well as many Christie novels. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,that p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

Near fine copy.

Harper Collins 2007. First edition thus, large quarto, illus pink & black glossy heavy card boards with white & pink lettering, dark pink eps, 46pp, illus, nr fine

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1973. Bound in light green cloth, stamped in black. This i the first edition of the publisher's Greenway Edition (published in the mid 1970's). Some edgewear, but a most acceptable copy. 286 pp. . First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

Heron Books, 1976. First Thus edition. fine. fine 1st Heron Books 1976 edition hardcover in red faux leather and gold titles In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

British edition, first printing of this collected edition, 1970. With original unclipped (and unpriced) jacket. Contains three titles : The Mystery of the Blue Train, The Listerdale Mystery and The Murder at the Vicarage. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, (severe) fading to red lettering to spine, a few small marks, the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little pushing/bumping to corners, large red marks to reverse (white side) where colour from boards has run (these do not show through when on book), a few small scratches, little patchy browning and minor creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little pushing/bumping to a couple of corners and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed red have the odd minor scratch. Pages slightly tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

New York: Avenel, 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Letter sequence with "a" apparent. ; 9.10 X 6 X 1.70 inches.