Detective Fiction
New York, Dodd, Mead, 1929.
First US edition. 8vo. Original turquoise cloth lettered & decorated in red. Dust-jacket.
An attractive first US edition of this short story collection featuring Christie's detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, first introduced in The Secret Adversary (1922). All of the stories in the collection had previously been published in magazines.
Detective Fiction
A New Poirot Mystery
New York, Dodd, Mead, 1936.
First US edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00.
First USA edition of this excellent Hercule Poirot novel, satisfyingly televised by the BBC in 2018 with John Malkovich as the moustachioed detective.
Detective Fiction
New York, Dodd Mead, 1958.
First US edition. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in black. Dust-jacket, priced $2.
Great jacket artwork on this US compilation of eight Dr Thorndyke stories.
Detective Fiction
New York, Dodd, Mead, 1941.
First US edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00.
A mysterious beam of light wreaks havoc in this Dr Priestley novel. Nice jacket artwork.