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Thriller Fiction
£30
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1955.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards, publisher's 'File Copy' label to lower board. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
McAllister (Robert) and Floyd Miller. The Kind of a Guy I am
£35
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1959.First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£50
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1953.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£75
London, Macdonald, 1950.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£40
London, Macdonald, 1946.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£120
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£60
London, Macdonald, 1963.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£50
London, Macdonald, 1944.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£60
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1950.First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£25
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1960.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£40
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1957.First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
£50
London, Macdonald, 1958.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
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Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie first editions make for an excellent area of rare book collecting. The Queen of Crime’s long career as an author of high quality crime fiction ensures there are various levels of value, which means collectors of her first editions can start with the later, generally more affordable first editions of her crime fiction titles, and build their way toward the more expensive first editions from the 1920s & 1930s.
Many of Dame Agatha’s first editions feature excellent dust-jacket artwork. The American first editions of Agatha Christie are often clad in truly lovely dust-jackets, very different in style to their UK counterparts, and can also provide a more affordable option for collectors than the UK first editions.
Some collectors like to focus on one of her famous serial characters, including Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot of course. Whatever your poison, you should be able to start building a collection relatively quickly.
Agatha Christie also wrote under a pseudonym, ‘Mary Westmacott’, and these titles are also not easy to find in first edition, especially in the dust-jackets
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Thriller Fiction
£50
Miss Marple's Last Case
London, Collins, 1976.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
£2,750
New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, neatly clipped to corners of inside flaps (probably by publishers).
In this novel, Christie brings back the characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys: Lady Eileen (Bundle) Brent, Lord Caterham, Bill Eversleigh, George Lomax, Tredwell and Superintendent Battle. The story of murder and criminal conspiracy was not overly well received by critics, but it remains highly collectable to Christie collectors.
Detective Fiction
£7,500
London, Collins Crime Club, 1934.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
Widely regarded as one of Christie's masterpieces and a landmark of Golden Age crime fiction. Poirot investigates a murder aboard the famous international train stranded by snow, discovering that the crime is far more complex than it initially appears.
Detective Fiction
£8,500
London, Collins Crime Club, 1938.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.A family reunites for Christmas, only to find the host of the gathering murdered in a private room... Classic Poirot, in the superbly festive dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
£14,950
London, Collins Crime Club, 1936.First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.Scarce in the superb Macartney dust-jacket. One of a few Christie titles that resulted from her time spent on archaeological digs with her second husband, Max Mallowan.
Detective Fiction
£25,000
London, Collins Crime Club, 1937..
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped to inside front-flap.
A cornerstone of crime fiction, in one of the great Christie jackets. Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
Detective Fiction
£250
London, Collins Crime Club, 1953.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s 6d.
A poisoned nursery rhyme leads detective Miss Marple to untangle a web of deceit and murder within a wealthy family, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
Detective Fiction
£2,500
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1924.First edition, first impression. 8vo. 12 page publisher's catalogue at rear. Original cloth.Eleven early short stories highlighting Hercule Poirot's emerging methods and mannerisms.
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