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Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Limited, London, 1897
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Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
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Book First Edition
Blue Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Good. Folding Maps (illustrator). First UK Edition. Vii, (I), 318 Pp. Blue Cloth. 1897 Date On Title Page. Dark Blue Endpapers. Bookplate Of E A Belcher, Major And Civil Servant, "En Dieu Est Tout". Color Even, Gilt Brilliant, But Bumping To Edges, And Waviness To Cloth And Endpapers (Water Damage). Christie's Dedication In Her 1924 Novel The Mystery Of The Mill House Reads "To E.A.B. In Memory Of A Journey, Some Lion Stories And A Request That I Should Some Day Write The Mystery Of The Mill House". As Noted In Wikipedia,"The Book Has Some Parallels To Incidents And Settings Of A Round-The-World Work Trip Taken By Christie With Her First Husband Archie Christie And Headed By His Old Teacher From Clifton College, Major E. A. Belcher, To Promote The Forthcoming 1924 British Empire Exhibition. The Tour Lasted From January 20 To December 1, 1922 (It Was On The Tour That Christie Wrote The Short Stories Which Would Form All Of Poirot Investigates (1924) And Most Of The Contents Of Poirot's Early Cases (Published In 1974). Dining With Belcher Before The Trip, He Had Suggested Setting A Mystery Novel In His Home, The Mill House At Dorney, Naming The Book The Mystery Of The Mill House And Insisted On Being In It As Well. He Is The Inspiration For The Central Character Sir Eustace Pedler, Having Been Given A Title At Archie's Suggestion, And The Mill House Also Makes An Appearance, Albeit Transposed To Marlow. Christie Found Belcher "Childish, Mean And Somehow Addictive As A Personality: ?Never, To This Day, Have I Been Able To Rid Myself Of A Sneaking Fondness For Sir Eustace,? Wrote Agatha Of The Fictionalised Belcher, Whom She Put Into The Man In The Brown Suit. ?I Dare Say It's Reprehensible, But There It Is.?" Following Completion In Late 1923. The Man In The Brown Suit Was First Serialised In The London Evening News Under The Title Anne The Adventurous. It Ran In Fifty Instalments From Thursday, November 29, 1923 To Monday, January 28, 1924. There Were Slight Amendments To The Text, Either To Make Sense Of The Openings Of An Instalment (E.G. Changing "She Then." To "Anne Then."), Or Omitting Small Sentences Or Words. The Main Change Was In The Chapter Division. The Published Book Has Thirty-Six Chapters Whereas The Serialisation Has Only Twenty-Eight. In Her 1977 Autobiography Christie Makes A Slight Mistake With The Name Of The Serialisation And Refers To It As Anna The Adventuress (Possibly Confusing It With The 1904 Book Of The Same Name By E. Phillips Oppenheim). Irrespective Of This Mistake, The Change From Her Preferred Title Was Not Of Her Choosing And The Newspaper's Choice Was One That She Considered To Be "As Silly A Title As I Have Ever Heard". She Raised No Objections However As The Evening News Were Paying Her £500 (£21,141 In Current Terms) For The Serial Rights Which She And Her Family Considered An Enormous Sum.[ At Archie's Suggestion, She Used The Money To Purchase A Grey, Bottle-Nosed Morris Cowley. She Later Stated That Acquiring Her Own Car Ranked With Dining At Buckingham Palace As One Of The Two Most Exciting Incidents In Her Life.
Published by The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1920
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Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
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First Edition
First Canadian edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK and first to feature Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot. Issued from sheets of the true first edition (NY; John Lane, 1920) and preceding the London edition (Bodley Head, 1921). We record only one other copy offered for sale and are able to locate only one copy in libraries. Recased with new endpapers added, lettering touched up and cloth coated. Spine a little tanned otherwise near fine. Housed in matching clamshell case lined in silk. Rare. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF POIROT.
Published by New York and London; John Lane Company, 1920, 1920
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Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
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First Edition
First edition, first printing, of Agatha Christie's first book. The first British edition appeared a few months after, in 1921, printed by The Bodley Head, John Lane's UK company. "The structure of this story, accumulation of complication with a neat and surprising resolution, became her favourite device" (ODNB). Inspired by the refugees she saw in Torquay, the poisons she encountered whilst working in a local hospital for the Voluntary Aid Detachment, and "challenged by her sister Madge, Agatha embarked on a detective story. Her plot was a riddle. 'The whole point', she explained in her Autobiography, 'was that it must be somebody obvious, but at the same time, for some reason, you would then find that it was not obvious, that he could not possibly have done it. But really of course he had' (Christie, Autobiography, 255)" (ibid.). Initially rejected by the two British publishers Hodder and Stoughton and Methuen, Christie went on to John Lane, who kept the manuscript for several months before eventually accepting to publish the book. After the success of this work, Christie and her husband named their house "Styles". Christie went on to be the best-selling novelist of all time, as listed by the Guinness World Records. Wagstaff & Poole, pp. 15-21. Octavo. Original cream cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in green. Spine leaning, extremities rubbed, corners and spine ends gently bumped with a touch of wear, speckling to spine extending slightly to covers, couple of marks to cloth, remaining bright, superficial split to front inner hinge, but firm, light foxing and offsetting to outer leaves, otherwise generally clean. A very good copy.
Published by John Lane, 1920
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
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First Edition
First Edition. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES, John Lane, New York, 1920, first edition, several leaves with some smallish light brown stains, else a fine copy rebound in full tan calf with very nice text block and with gold gilt stamping to the spine and front cover matching the original binding design. The authors first novel and quite scarce in the true first edition as is here.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1921
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Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
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First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of Agatha Christie's very scarce first published novel. A thrilling work in featuring the first appearance of Christie's much loved Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. The first UK edition, first impression, of Agatha Christie's first published novel, marking the first appearance of iconic detective Hercule Poirot. In the bright publisher's original cloth binding.Lacking the title page, half title, and front free endpaper.Written in 1916 during the First World War, and first published in 1920 by John Lane in New York in September 1920, with this very scarce first UK edition published in London in January 1921.With the image of a fragment of the will to page 67, a map of the house to page 42, a plan of Mrs Inglethorp's Bedroom to page 60, and a facsimile of a document to page 83.Upon initial publication, this work received enthusiastic reviews, with 'The Times Literary Supplement' stating 'The only fault this story has is that it is almost too ingenious'. The work marked the start of Christie's illustrious crime fiction career, contributing to her becoming one of the leading authors of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, exceptionally bright. Shelf wear to back strip head and tail, with light rubbing to the cloth of the front joint, resulting in a touch of fraying to the cloth. Front hinge starting, with board a touch tender. Lacking front free endpaper, half title, and title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with only one or two light spots. Marks to tails of pages 100-101 and 154-155. Very Good. book.
Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1922
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Moriarty's, Grimsby, LINCO, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book has been rebound in green cloth with the original cloth from front and rear boards retained on the new binding. New endpapers. Slight browning to the edge of pages and occasional marks and blemishes throughout. First edition with roman numerals to title page.
Published by London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1922, 1922
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Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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First Edition
[Mystery novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.312; [4], advertisements. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol, moustache and knitting needles tooled as the four corner-pieces, all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. Internally bright and clean. A fine copy in a handsome leather binding. The author's scarce second novel, being the first adventure for her popular series characters Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Wagstaff and Poole; A Christie Bibliography. See also Cooper and Pike; Detective Fiction. HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV.
Published by The Bodley Head, 1922
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First and Fine, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Agatha Christie (1922) The Secret Adversary , UK first edition, first printing, published by The Bodley Head. Accompanied by an original typed letter signed by Christie as Agatha Mallowan. The book: in very good condition and well preserved for a book from 1922. There are no previous owner s scribbles, no names, no bookplates, no stamps. The lettering on the spine is clearly legible and not rubbed out. The front board s ornaments are there with just a little rubbing. Rear board is clean. Usual shelf wear to edges. Page block edges not foxed, toned commensurate with age. Internally faint foxing spots here and there such as on our sample image of page 55. The original dust jacket is not present. However, we do provide a facsimile dust jacket which presents and protects the book on the shelf nicely. Those early Christie original dust jackets are exceptionally scarce and add considerable sums to the price. The letter: one page, 8vo, on Christie s stationary paper with Winterbrook House header, dated 18th February 1972 [exactly fifty years after The Secret Adversary s publication in 1922]. In the letter to John Higgins, Christie counts that by then she had published 81 books, the same number as her age. She further says that she know nothing about the exact number of sales, but notes that they increase every year. She signs as Agatha Mallowan. John Dalby Higgins (1934-1999) was a journalist and Arts Editor for The Times (1970-1988). In 1972 he asked Christie whether she would be willing to serve a judge for a Times short story competition to which Christie agreed. Higgins needed from Christie some background information to introduce her to the readership. Hence, this letter. In fine condition with two paperclip indentations to the top left corner as shown. The Secret Adversary is Dame Agatha Christie s second novel only preceeded by The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1921). It was received well upon publication. A first German film adaptation followed in 1929 (silent film called Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H.). A TV adaptation follows in 1983 and as recently as 2014 produced by the BBC. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).
Published by New York, Dodd Mead, 1923., 1923
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Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First US edition 1923. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed. Black mark to lower portion of spine. Endpapers have been neatly reinforced with sellotape. Ink inscriptions on frt. pastedown and f.e.p. Pr evious owner's bookplate on f.e.p. Else good in original green cloth with title in orange. Very scarce.
Published by London John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923, 1923
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Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition
First edition, second impression of Christie's The Murder on the Links in the publisher's original binding. Decorative orange cloth, a little faded along the outer hinges but otherwise very good, a small line on the lower cover. Internally the text (pp320) is unmarked with a further 8 pages of adverts beginning with The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A very pleasing copy of the first reprint of this scarce early Poirot novel in the same year as its first publication. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.
Published by London: John Lane, The Bodley Head., 1923
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LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
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First Edition
First UK edition, first printing. Bound in full green crushed morocco by Baker Bindery, Alabama (for Asprey). Five raised bands, gilt ruled compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. Upper and lower boards ruled in gilt. Inner dentelles double ruled and with corner pieces in gilt. Green patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. The publisher's original orange cloth bound in at the rear. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents spotlessly clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Agatha Christie's third novel and by a small margin her scarcest in the British first edition. Featuring Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. (Hubin) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by The Bodley Head, London, 1923
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West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. HARDBACK - A very good book with orange boards that is a little faded to the spine. Light soiling to the rear panel. Internally, the pages are generally clean with the odd sporadic finger mark found to the inner text. The books front and rear hinges have at some time been strengthened, with no splitting to the books hinges. No previous owner names or insriptions are present, with the book solidly bound, no signs of spine lean or rolling.
Publication Date: 1923
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Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
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First Edition
First edition, first impression. 8vo., original orange cloth, lettered in black with art-nouveau linear design in black. London, John Lane, The Bodley Head. Christie's third novel, and surely one of her rarest, only the second to feature Hercule Poirot, the great detective here pitted against a distinctly unfriendly member of the French police, also notable for the amorous adventures of Poirot's sidekick Hastings, who falls for the charms of a red headed acrobat. More than one contemporary reviewer compared Christie's writing to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. A significant rarity, RareBookHub list only seven copies in the original cloth to have sold at auction, even more uncommon in an unsophisticated state such as the copy presented here. An excellent copy, with the eight pages of advertisements at the rear, firm and tight, slightly worn at the extremities, one small spot to the upper cover, head of spine very slightly creased. Wagstaff & Poole; A Christie Bibliography. Hubin; Crime Fiction IV.
Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1923
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Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Christie's third novel and her scarcest. Especially rare in the original cloth. rear free and paper has some writing in pencil. This is a very good first edition, housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Published by The Crime Club, London, 1924
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Moriarty's, Grimsby, LINCO, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Re bound in red cloth with black title and author to front board in black border. Ex Libris emblem to front board. Title & author in black to spine. Spine slightly faded. brown spotting to front paste down and FFEP. very slight loss to bottom of title page approx 10mm x 1mm. Brown marks spotting to lower region of pages 3 through to 38. After these pages occasional marks, spotting throughout.
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1924
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Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very good. First US. A true first US edition, with 1924 on the title page and no references to later printings on the copyright page. Ex-library in library binding with library stamp on title page. Very good condition.
Published by London: The Bodley Head, 1924, 1924
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Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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First Edition
[Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[vi]; 310; [2], advertisements. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol, moustache and knitting needles tooled as the four corner-pieces, all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. Internally bright and clean. A fine copy in a handsome leather binding. The fourth of Christie's 66 original crime novels, and the first to feature the secret service agent Johnny Race.
Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1924
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Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
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First Edition
First Edition. First edition hardback of Christie's fourth novel. 310pp + 2pp of adverts to rear. Bookplate to front endpaper . Front and rear endpaper glue repaired at gutter. Tan covers worn to spine and with some slight marks. A little foxing throughout. A Good copy of this scarce early Christie. Supplied in a high quality facsimile copy of the first edition dustjacket.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1924
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Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Small octavo. 298 [14, ads] pp. Later issue light blue cloth printed in black. Cloth soiled and separating from the boards in a few places, spine sunned, endpapers sympathetically replaced, light scattered foxing throughout and one page with a tear, sound but good only, lacking the dust jacket. The author's first collection of short stories, uncommon in the first edition. *Queen's Quorum* 71.
Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1924
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Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
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First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very good. First. The first edition, rare. In original decorated cloth. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, USA, 1925
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Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie First Edition Published Dodd Mead & Company 1925. No inscriptions or previous signs of ownership. Uncut edges. A VG+ copy with toning to spine.
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1925
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Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition
No jacket. First Edition. First edition. 8vo. Modern dark green half morocco with marbled boards, spine label red morocco, lettered in gilt. A little light toning to text, but really a VG+ copy. A handsomely rebound first edition of this Agatha Christie classic. The novel introduces the characters of Superintendent Battle and Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent.
Published by London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1925, 1925
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Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
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First Edition
[Mystery novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[xii]; 306; [2], advertisements. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol, moustache and knitting needles tooled as the four corner-pieces, all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. Internally bright and clean. A fine copy in a handsome leather binding. The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles - until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret. The first novel to feature Superintendent Battle and 'Bundle' Brent. Wagstaff and Poole; A Christie Bibliography. See also Cooper and Pike; Detective Fiction. HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV.
Publication Date: 1926
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Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
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Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AGATHA CHRISTIE complete novelette "THE UNDER DOG" in Mystery Magazine - April 1, 1926 issue - TRUE WORLDWIDE 1ST PRINTING (published 6 months later in the UK in the October 1926 edition of The London Magazine - published in book form (2 New Crime Stories) in the UK in 1929, in the U.S. in 1951 in "The Under Dog and Other Stories" and then the first UK Agatha Christie only book in 1960 "The Adventure Of the Christmas Pudding and Other Stories". With the exception of Blue Book Magazine (which are fairly common from the 1920s), pre-1930 magazines like this are near impossible to find (particularly with both covers intact). Magazine is nice - minimal wear to squared spine - only tiny losses at spine tips (no lettering affected - spine chipping is extremely common with these 1920s pulp mags), cover (as is usual) is taller than the page block thus causing excessive wear/creasing along bottom edge, cheap paper while age yellowed is worn at corners and just starting to brittle/flake (as is often found), no other chipping, tearing or creasing to cover, no missing pages, rear cover intact, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, edge wear, no soiling or staining to cover. Overall a VG condition magazine of a rare Agatha Christie 1920s true 1st worldwide printing of this story (published years/decades before it was published in an Agatha Christie book). I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover/ paperback/magazine appearances up for sale.
Published by Bodley head, 1926
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Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First impression of the 'popular edition' from 1926 (not the true 1st) in good condition, there is a previous owner inscription to ffep and spotting to some pages, page 33/34 is loose at the bottom but still attached at the top. the jacket is a facsimile copy, please see pics, paypal accepted, any questions please get in touch.
Published by W. Collins Sons & Co., 1926
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Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Provided with a good facsimile jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked, with the corners knocked and the edges fraying, but they remain strong and sturdy despite this. Internally, there is a faint pencil marking on the front end page, along with some very sporadic and light foxing and age related marking throughout. There are no other markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. Tightly bound and presents neatly in cellophane. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Collins (U.K.), 1926
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Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, published by UK publisher Collins, copyright 1926, First Printing (states "Copyright, 1926" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings), summary blurb of Hercule Poirot to left of title page, dark blue cloth boards with orange lettering to spine and front board (the 2nd printing states as such on copyright page, lists to Big Four to left of title page, and had light blue boards with black lettering). Book has a couple of creased page corners, former owner's initials and date to inside front board otherwise no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean endpapers with no staining or tape residue, no foxing to pages, endpapers or outer page edges (surprisingly as its extremely common defect with Collins books from this time period), hint of dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges, no fading/wear to lettering on spine or front panel (common defect with these early Collins books), no wear to board edges, hint of wear to board corners, wear to spine tips, bit of wear to left exterior hinge (another common defect with these early 1920s Collins books), almost none of the usual dust/handling soiling to cloth boards, NO SPINE SUN DARKENING/FADING, no bumped board corners. Book also comes with a color fascimile of the UK 1st issue Dust jacket to provide protection from damage and to improve its appearance on a shelf. Overall a VG- book of a rare 1920s era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing of one of her "Top 3" key books (this book, Murder On The Orient Express, and Ten Little Ni--ers). I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.
Published by London, W. Collins and Sons, 1926
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Treasure House Books, Franschhoek, WCAPE, South Africa
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bright red title and border on spine and front board. Navy blue cloth boards that present well with slight wear and staining. New blank rear endpaper with matching tone. Neat contemporary owner's name and previous price on the foxed front free endpaper. Outer leaves lightly foxed by otherwise the text leaves are clean and unmarked. Sensitively repaired by an experienced book restorer such that it now presents very well. One of the most rare Hercule Poirot true English first editions and hard to get. Also, one of the best plots ever written with the famous twist. This has been variously acclaimed as the best detective novel ever written.
Published by W. Collins, Sons & Co, UK, 1926
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Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie First Edition W. Collins Sons & Co. 1926. No name inscriptions, completely free of any foxing and clean throughout. A near fine book. Covers are bright with only a touch of toning to spine. Note on rear endpaper reads "The Silk Stocking Murders / by Anthony Berkeley. (1928) / is dedicated "to A.B. Cox who very kindly wrote / this book for me in his spare time". !! ". This title is from a collection of books that included several of Anthony Berkeley's personal copies. The writer of the inscription is unknown. For further images please see Brought to Book Ltd.
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, 1926
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Antiquarian Archives, Lakewood, NJ, U.S.A.
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine, beautiful book in vibrant dust jacket, with some folds at top and bottom, as well as a small tear across the top of the spine. First American edition and extremely rare, especially in this condition, with even rarer dust jacket. Copies such as these come across once in many years! Publisher s price of $2.00 is present on inner flap. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the third book to feature Detective Hercule Poirot, and features an innovative plot twist at the end. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone, this book is one of Christie's most well-known and controversial novels and voted the best crime novel ever by the British Crime Writers' Association in 2013. book.