More information about this seller Hardcover. 7. x-lib; ghost tape residue on cover board where lib sticker was removed; from the private collection of the seller; please contact; cannot authenticate signature. ISBN 978-0062065445. Be sure you are investigating the right murder, and watch for mirrors (always interesting in Christie). Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Author(s). Condition: Near Fine. Collins Crime Club. 8. Hallowe'en Party. Condition: Fine. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the month of publication, "Dorothy from Agatha May 1953." Beautifully signed with her full name Agatha Christie Mallowan . The red cloth binding is very clean indeed with a small bump to the bottom corner of the front panel, free of any fading, in a near fine dust wrapper, with the habitual fading to the red lettering to the spine. Condition: Fine +. (1946), From: Forum Auctions has 7 Agatha Christie first editions for sale in their 25 March auction of "Fine Books". Seller Inventory # mys 5/13-79. Peril at End House - INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Bookplate, near fine in a near fine dust jacket. She was the dedicatee of Christie's 1940 novel One Two, Buckle My Shoe. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York First edition, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo; publisher's orange boards, slight dulling to spine, presented in a very good supplied example of the dust-jacket, minor edge-wear. Hardcover. They include 3 of Christie's first six books (all published by The Bodley Head), 2 Collins imprints & 2 Collins Crime Club imprints (both in jacket, one signed). This is Agatha Christie in an unaccustomed mood, but as sure in her handling of character and situation - and our attention - as she ever was" (Queen). c) Rule of Three: Three Plays by Agatha Christie (The Rats, Afternoon at the Seaside, The Patient). Overall, a very good set of this highly collectible rare set. Seller Inventory # 044331. "Never has Mrs. Christie exerted her incomparable power of deception with more subtlety or to better effect. Collins Crime Club, London No tears or loss. Presentation copy from the author to her director. 10. First Edition. There are 1134 agatha christie book for sale on Etsy, and they cost $13.36 on average. For the serious Christie completist! More information about this seller A near fine copy, a little cocked with a slightly faded spine. Original orange cloth is faded on spine and partly on front cover near edges.Slightly bumped and rubbed. 90 Pages. Agatha Christie signatures are one of the most forged on the market, and we recommend avoiding flat signed books. Published by Slight shelf wear. Internally very clean with a couple of minor foxing spots to the page block. Overall, a very good set of this highly collectible rare set. Agatha Christie Published by Nearly all of Christie's books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics, and more than thirty feature films have been based on her work. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. She was the dedicatee of Christie's 1940 novel One Two, Buckle My Shoe. : The dust wrapper has had light restoration performed to the tip and tail of the spine, also to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. North's daughter, Susan, and Christie's daughter, Rosalind, were also close friends and the joint dedicatees of Christie's 1939 novel Murder is Easy. Together with an original typed Agatha Christie letter signed by the author as Agatha Mallowan. The magazine itself approaches very good condition, particularly considering the inherent fragility of the format. Hardcover. BooksnBobs. Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow. 15. Published by There is a small previous owner name and address label to the top left of the front end-paper. Published by (PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.), About this Item: DOUBLEDAY, 1934. Registered office: WSM Services Limited, Connect House, 133-137 Alexandra Road, Wimbledon, LONDON SW19 7JY.Registered in England and Wales No:3609982 Copyright © 2020, Peter Harrington. 1953-72 (1970), ISBN 10: 0002311216ISBN 13: 9780002311212, About this Item: Crime Club, London, United Kingdom, 1970. For the most part, we have listed the original title (also the title the book is being sold under). No inscriptions, tears or loss. First published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in 1955, Hickory Dickory Dock follows Christie's longest-running character, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot's investigation into a case of petty theft, and subsequent murder, at a student hostel. Outer red boards with gold lettering to the spine in unmarked and universal throughout. Hubert Gregg (1914-2004) was one of the most steadily successful theatrical all-rounders of his generation; a broadcaster and light comedian, a Shakespearean actor, a director of comedies and thrillers, and a composer of hundreds of songs - including "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" and "I'm Going to Get Lit Up When the Lights Go Up In London". More information about this seller Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. She wrote the novel as a result of a challenge to do so by her sister Madge. Inscribed for Geoff and Violet Shipston, close friends of Christie's and the dedicatees of Three Act Tragedy. The dust wrapper is in very good condition, showing the correctly printed price of 7s.6d.net to the spine. Shows a price of £1.25 net on the front flap. First Edition. Neverland Books Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1951. Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1946. 2nd Edition. George Newnes, Ltd., London Agatha Christie. Hardcover. Agatha Christie." Presentation inscription from the producer Peter Saunders dated December 1952 to the front free endpaper, and inscribed by the author "Happy Memories / Agatha Christie". A good copy in dust jacket. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. More information about this seller Hard Cover. 1st Edition. 2. Second edition. Collins Crime Club., London. "Exciting, entirely credible, and often highly ingenious. Hardcover. (312) $14.28. The restoration is of the highest quality, with the dust wrapper presenting very well indeed. Signed by Gregg and annotated throughout in blue ink, the final page of "The Patient" with note ("End to follow"). The dust wrapper has had light restoration performed to the tip and tail of the spine, also to the corners of the front and rear flap folds. More information about this seller Hardcover. (Hull, United Kingdom), About this Item: Collins Crime Club, London, 1932. FREE INSURED SHIPPING by COURIER !Please contact the dealer if you have questions. Signed by Author(s). This copy was presented to Anthony Huntly Gordon, the Mousetrap Company's Manager,by Agatha Christie and it bears the author's inscription and signature in blue ink to the front endpaper: "For Tony Huntly Gordon on our Sixth Birthday (See how they run!) Passenger To Frankfurt by Agatha Christie (1970,Book Club Ed.) Condition: Very Good. x-lib; ghost tape residue on cover board where lib sticker was removed; from the private collection of the seller; please contact; cannot authenticate signature. There is a touch of fading to the spine, but is still fresh in appearance. 1st Edition. Size: 8vo. | Contact this seller Yesterday's Forum Auctions sale included various UK Agatha Christie first editions from the 1920s-30s. Octavo, original cloth. Agatha Christie's first book also introduced her famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. No previous owners names, no bookplates, no stamps. Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie's first book also introduced her famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket which is in near fine condition. First edition, signed presentation copy from the author; 8vo; publisher's orange boards, slight dulling to spine, presented in a very good supplied example of the dust-jacket, minor edge-wear. Also, this book contains one of the best portrayals of the relationship between Poirot and Hastings, whose affection for one another is tangible throughout. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hirschfeld Galleries Agatha Christie was a mystery writer who was one of the world’s top-selling authors with works like Murder on the Orient Express and The Mystery of the Blue Train. And on several occasions Queen Mary transported Prime Minister Churchill, travelling as "Colonel Warden" on the ship s manifest for security. Gregg described his experiences in his book, Agatha Christie and All That Mousetrap (Kimber 1980). See more ideas about agatha christie, agatha, books. First edition. Agatha Christie passed away in 1976 as a household name that left behind an enormously rich body of published work. Hardcover. In September 2015 a public vote identified And Then There Were None—originally published in 1939 under the name Ten Little Niggers—as the public's favourite Christie novel; the book was the writer's favourite, and the one she found most difficult to write. Topics include a poor review, "still, plays are like race horses, always either amazing or disappointing their stables", comments on possible revisions to a play in production, the development of her then unfinished play Fiddler's Five, her astonishment at the continuing popularity of The Mousetrap and in the later years, health issues. https://www.harringtonbooks.co.uk/pages/author/247/agatha-christie Hard Cover. Collins, London Henley On Thames Book Jacket Book Signing Agatha Christie My Father Some Fun Detective Book Covers The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by CHRISTIE, Agatha - Jonkers Rare Books Jonkers, based in Henley-on-Thames, specialises in the sale of exceptional Rare Books, 1st Editions & Manuscripts and Art & Illustrations. 30. Upon her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 Queen Mary represented both the might of Britain s naval power and the height of sophistication in craft and luxury. | Contact this seller 19 pages in total spanning 1953-72. Closed tears along the front panel and across the spine.Rubbing along the top and folds. The outer red boards with black lettering is unmarked and universal throughout. The dust wrapper has a few chips to the top and bottom of the spine. | Contact this seller A superb collection of material, illuminating Christie's relationship with her director and producer over the course of five plays and two decades. The recipient, Dorothy North, was a close friend and integral member of Christie's London social circle in the 1930s. The contents are clean and complete. Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Overall, a nice pre war Christie title in it's original first edition, first Impression dust wrapper, Inscribed by the author. Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc Seller Inventory # ABE-1617965646602. A near fine copy that seems unread. Seller Inventory # 110880. Hardcover. 18. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the month of publication, "For Dorothy from Agatha Nov. Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was the author of more than 70 detective novels, plays, and short stories, and the creator of the characters Poirot and Miss Marple. 1930, London Contains Christie's last major butler: the 'fifties and 'sixties were not good times for butlers" (Robert Barnard). Collins, 1937. More information about this seller Cloth. Published by Extensively annotated throughout in blue ink by Gregg and with three pages of cancelled notes in pencil. (1969), From: Condition: Good. 192 bright and tight pages. Together with a handwritten Agtha Christie letter addressed to Mr John Higgins. Half a decade later, during WWII the Queen Mary would serve a different purpose. It is kinder than letting her go on trying.". (Newton, MA, U.S.A.), About this Item: New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1944, 1944. 25. No Jacket. Samuel French, London, 1954. Booksdoc A great letter with nice content. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inspired by Christie's own trips to Baghdad with her second husband, archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, They Came To Baghdad opens with enthusiastic young adventurer Victoria Jones discovering a dying secret British agent in her hotel room. Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was the author of more than 70 detective novels, plays, and short stories, and the creator of the characters Poirot and Miss Marple. Typescript. The original dust jacket is NOT present. Published by First UK edition. This May, 1936 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. A 25th November 1958 special edition binding of the 1954 Samuel French first acting edition, issued on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the first performance of The Mousetrap at the Ambassadors Theatre, London. Published by The restoration is of the highest quality, with the dust wrapper presenting very well indeed. 19. (Ottawa, ON, Canada), About this Item: Collins, London, 1968. North's daughter, Susan, and Christie's daughter, Rosalind, were also close friends and the joint dedicatees of Christie's 1939 novel Murder is Easy. Drawing on the experience of trips to the Middle East while accompanying her second husband, the noted archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan, Christie's plot unwinds in ancient Thebes, in the home of Imhotep, an Egyptian mortuary priest. First Edition. Christie has typed her " Winterbrook House" return address in the appropriate space and again at the top of her reply. Christie s most famous character was the fastidious and logical Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, who ultimately featured in 33 novels, more than 50 short stories, and one play. : First Canadian edition( using the JOHN LANE , NEW YORK SHEETS) ;PRECEDES THE UK FIRST! First British edition of Christie's classic murder mystery. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This is Agatha Christie in an unaccustomed mood, but as sure in her handling of character and situation - and our attention - as she ever was" (Queen). Published by 1st Edition. Hoffmann (illustrator). The dust wrapper is complete but has two tiny chips at the base of the spine. With the author's signed presentation inscription to Dorothy North: 'Dorothy from Agatha Oct. 1954'. Octavo, original cloth. Hardcover. LAID IN is a TYPED LETTER SIGNED (in pen) by the author to a fan in 1972 thanking him for his comments and his appreciation of re-reading of one of her books. The beauty of such letter is its guaranteed authenticity due to the personal stationary used, the long handwritten letter and the full signature. Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather, 1935).The spine bears the title The Mysterious Affair At Styles ; Christie and The Ryerson Press at the foot. 90 Pages. Agatha Christie. Jan 19, 2018 - Jonkers, based in Henley-on-Thames, specialises in the sale of exceptional Rare Books, 1st Editions & Manuscripts and Art & Illustrations. 1st Edition. That’s right, we’re reading Mary Westmacott’s Giant’s Bread this month. The recipient, Dorothy North, was a close friend and integral member of Christie's London social circle in the 1930s. (1944), From: A very RARE item. No Jacket. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott. Book Details Originally published in 1936Hercule Poirot #13Preceded by Death in the CloudsFollowed by Murder in Mesopotamia The Blurb There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. | Contact this seller Collins, London, United Kingdom, 1968. Letter has been folded in the appropriate spots and is a little rough around the edges where it would have been opened by the recipient. Published by She was the dedicatee of Christie's 1940 novel One Two, Buckle My Shoe. (San Diego, CA, U.S.A.), About this Item: George Newnes, Ltd., London, 1936. 77 pages, each play separately paginated. Typescript. Fine, clean pages. Signed by Author(s). Digital photos on request. Despite the long-distant time, the domestic surroundings and developed characters attract the interest and sympathy of the reader as ever more people are murdered. Together with an original typed Agatha Christie letter signed by the author as Agatha Mallowan. By the Author. Signed by Author. All spine print remains legible. London Collins Crime Club, 1945. e) The Mousetrap. Clare was already a force in her own right in 1935 when she married Henry Robinson Luce (b.1898), the influential creator of the Time-Life magazine empire. “William Irish” was a pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich, “Carter Dickson” was John Dickson Carr, and “Agatha Christie” was Agatha Christie. In 1956, the year after Churchill resigned his second and final premiership, Agatha Christie was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in honor of her contribution to British literature. First edition, first impression. 1948.' About this Item: Collins Crime Club, London, 1953. Condition: Near Fine. Colllins., London. Hubert Gregg's archive of typescripts, autograph manuscripts, and letters relating to the plays of Agatha Christie. Journalist, playwright, Congresswoman, ambassador and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987) was ambitious, charming, accomplished, intelligent, and promiscuous. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition. The original dust jacket is NOT present. However, the book is wrapped in removable mylar and an aftermarket slipcase to preserve this excellent condition. The recipient, Dorothy North, was a close friend and integral member of Christie's London social circle in the 1930s. The letter: one page, 8vo, on Christie s stationary paper with Winterbrook House header, dated 17 July [1972]. The dust wrapper is complete but has two tiny chips at the base of the spine. FAST & FREE. Scott Robin Books More information about this seller Recently a signed first edition, first impression (print) of her first HerculePoirot book sold at auction for nearly $40 000, a record price for book … Hard Cover. See through tape on the verso. Such was her notoriety that in 1944, in her first term in Congress, the 41-year-old Luce was elected "Woman of the Year" by a poll of American newspaper editors, pushing Eleanor Roosevelt into a distant second place. (Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.), About this Item: Collins Crime Club, London, 1955. The following morning, her Morris Cowley was discovered crashed on the edge of a chalk pit, headlamps still blazing, her coat and a bottle labelled “poison lead and opium” abandoned on the back seat. Seller Inventory # 117752. Special Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. John Lane, New York / Ryerson, New York / Toronto, 1920. She warns Higgins that the worst judges of writers are fellow writers themselves and recalls how, when she started her career, she was harshly judged that "better tell this girl that there is no likelihood of her ever succeeding in what she is attempting to do. "A subject of perennial appeal - unhappy families: lots of scattered siblings, lots of Victorian money (made from corn plasters). Seller Inventory # 1001692. Literature - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket, Signed by author - Book "Murder in the Calais Coach" by Agatha Christie Dodd Mead, NY - 1934 first American edition first printing - signed by Christie on front endpaper - 302p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some wear to boards and gutter, signature present on front endpaper, comes with facsimile edition of the first issue dust jacket. No dust jacket. Dated 1973 on the title page. 1st Edition. Signed on a laid in card. Christie signed "Agatha Christie" on p. 3 in black ink above the printed title of her story, "Poirot and the Triangle at Rhodes". When this story was published, Christie was already a celebrated author and the release of any new Poirot mystery was an anticipated event. Presentation copy from the author to her director. (Waalre, Netherlands), About this Item: Collins, 1990. Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow XCI, No. The contents are clean and complete. Notes: Agatha Christie novels have often been released under one or two other titles. I found myself making up stories and acting the different parts. (1951), About this Item: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1951. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.