Light toning to extremities of text-block, overall internally very good; cloth very good; jacket with edge wear and some chipping resulting in loss, spine slightly lightened.
Title-page vignette.
£795
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1937.
First US edition, no printing specified on copyright page. 8vo. Original dark beige cloth lettered in dark blue. Early/first reprint dust-jacket, no price.
The first US edition of one of Christie’s most famous Poirot novels, here in probably the first reprint dust-jacket, issued the same year.
Out of stock
Light toning to extremities of text-block, overall internally very good; cloth very good; jacket with edge wear and some chipping resulting in loss, spine slightly lightened.
Title-page vignette.
Detective Fiction
Rare crime title, all other copies I have seen of this title are described as ‘7th Thousand’.
London, Skeffington, [1930 according to COPAC]
Reasonable to assume this was a publisher gimmick to show titles were popular.
Detective Fiction
London, John Gifford Ltd, [1938].
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A distinctly hard-to-find title by the creator of The Black Pilgrim.
Detective Fiction
London, Faber & Gwyer, 1926
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6 on spine.
In this Hubin-listed murder story, the author shows the placid life of Minden Town disturbed by a mysterious tragedy. The mystery remains a mystery almost to the very end of the book. A rare and early Faber crime title.
Detective Fiction
(A Detective-Inspector McCarthy Yarn).First Edition. Wright & Brown, n.d. [c.1941].
Detective Fiction
Edinburgh & London, William Hodge & Company, Limited, 1927
First edition, inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket.
A very good copy. Inscribed by the author, one presumes, thus: 'To dear Winifred, with much love from an affectionate old friend Winnie, in remembrance of her visit to Station House. June 1927.' An easy to find book, but very uncommon both inscribed and in jacket. Contains a novel and two shorter pieces.