Agatha Christie, First Edition (Over 4,800 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1936. A fine book, completely free of inscriptions or signs of previous ownership. Covers are unmarked. In like original bright dust jacket that has no closed tears or creasing. Scarce. For further images please see the Brought to Book homepage.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Murder In the Mews by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1937. A fine book that is free of inscriptions. Very light foxing to edges. Covers completely unmarked. In bright original Robin Macartney designed dust jacket. The jacket is fine and has no nicks, closed tears or creasing. Scarce. For further images please see the Brought to Book homepage.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1933. A fine copy with no inscriptions and no age toning or foxing to contents or edges. Covers are bright, unblemished and have no toning or darkening to spine. In a bright fine dust jacket with no creasing or closed tears, completely unfaded. An excellent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HARDBACK - A very good book with clean red cloth boards that show minor soiling to the upper corner of the front panel, with light fading to a small area of the spine tips. Internally, there is foxing to the page block with sporadic foxing to some of the inner pages. Dustiness to the top page block. The dust wrapper is a very good example with some very subtle restoration to a small area at the base of the spine affecting a couple of letters of the crime club, also to a very small area of the spine tip, not affecting any of the lettering. The light restoration is of the highest quality, and is only partial, as small chips have been left un-touched at the spine tips, giving the dust wrapper a more natural look. There are some closed tears to the extremities, with hairline creases to the front panel. Overall, the dust wrapper is a clean example with minimal fading to the spine, with the publisher's printed price of 7/6net present to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Death In the Clouds by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1935. No inscriptions, no foxing and completely unblemished throughout. Covers are near fine. With only a faint touch of toning to tail of spine where corresponding restoration has been done to the original dust jacket. The jacket is bright and has no closed tears or creasing. For further images please see the Brought to Book homepage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "The Mysterious Mr Quin" by Agatha Christie. Collins, 1930 first UK edition first printing. Book and rare original dust jacket in very good condition, some scattered spotting to fore-edge, first and last few pp., neat ink ownership inscription and some light browning to endpapers, original cloth, minor rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, else fine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light sunning to spine, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some neat restoration to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, in effect an excellent example of a rare and delicate dust-jacket, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box. Christie's third short story collection, and the first appearance in book form of Harley Quin, her scarcest and most enigmatic detective. This is one of the most elusive Agatha Christie novels to collect in original dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AGATHA CHRISTIE - DEATH ON THE NILE, published by UK publisher Collins, copyright 1937, First Printing (states "Copyright 1937" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings), lists to "Dumb Witness" on list of Christie books to left of title page, 4 pages of ads at rear (reviews for "Dumb Witness" "Cards On The Table" & "Murder in Mesopotamia" & ad to join the Crime Club), orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front board, correct 1st state original Dust Jacket (generic reviews to rear panel & reviews for last 3 books to rear flap) . Book has just a couple of creased page corners, no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean endpapers with no staining or tape residue, no foxing to pages, endpapers, or outer pages, hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no lettering fading/wear to spine (common defect with these early Collins 1st print books), no wear to board edges, just a hint of wear to board corners, slight wear to spine tip corners, usual slight dust/handling soiling to cloth boards, slight spine sun fading. Original Dust Jacket has no restoration but has been slightly trimmed at top and bottom (obviously taken from a Collins "ex-libris" edition book where a couple of % of the first printing were printed in different colored slightly smaller but stronger boards and hinges with the round "ex-libris" logo at bottom of front board) however all of the spine printing is still retained despite the trimming (unlike other restored out there for sale), no chipping or tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips with largish 'v' losses at spine tip corners, slight wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), almost no edge wear, hint of dust soiling/foxing to white rear panel, slight spine sun darkening, no scotch tape marks to flaps, no soiling or staining. Overall a VG book in VG/VG+ condition (trimmed) dust jacket (price clipped) of a rare 1930s era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing IN ORIGINAL FIRST STATE DUST JACKET. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Peril At End House by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1932. No inscriptions. Some light, sporadic foxing. Covers unblemished and near fine. In Art Deco inspired dust jacket, priced at 7/6 with the original wrap-around band. The dust jacket has some light archival strengthening and restoration, primarily to the reverse side of the front folds and to head of spine.

First Dodd, Mead Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); jade green cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; light green topstain; dustjacket; [8],9-296pp. Base of spine gently nudged, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), showing some trivial wear to extremities, a few tiny nicks and tears, and a small, faint splash mark at mid-spine; bright, unrestored, and very Near Fine. Housed in a custom half-morocco clamshell case. Christie's first book, narrated by a Captain Hastings, home from the Western Front, who is convalescing at Styles Court, the stately home of a friend in Essex. Styles is ruled by the septuagenarian matriarch of the family, who dies suddenly in a fit of convulsions, determined to be strychnine poisoning. The family calls on Scotland Yard, who arrests the matriarch's much younger new husband. Meanwhile, Hastings encounters his old friend Hercule Poirot, late of the Belgian police, in a nearby settlement for Belgian refugees, who goes on to carry out a parallel investigation to Scotland Yard. "Christie gives the reader a great deal of help in the form of plans of the layout of the first floor of the house and of the victim's bedroom together with examples of handwriting, letters, mysterious messages and so on, in addition to the carefully developed plot, but as like as not, most readers will not know the solution until the neat little foreign detective, with his egg-shaped head, waxed moustaches and quaint command of the English language, solves the murder to the amazement and discomfiture of the police and everyone else" (Wagstaff & Poole, pp.17-18). The true first edition of The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published in New York by the John Lane Company in 1920. This was followed by what is generally accepted as the Second US edition, authorized by John Lane and published by the National Book Company (ca.1922-23). Beginning with Christie's second book, The Secret Adversary, Dodd, Mead & Co. became her American publisher through the end of her career. By 1926, they had secured the copyright and reprint rights for her debut, and thus The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published in a uniform style with her early 1920s novels (The Secret Adversary through The Murder of Roger Ackroyd). They retained the same jacket artwork for this edition that appeared on the 1920 US and 1921 UK editions. The first US and UK editions of this title are essentially unobtainable in dustjacket; neither appear in the auction record, and the consensus among colleagues I've queried is: "It's a ghost." This one's beautiful, and if you want a "First" in dustjacket, it's your best (and maybe only) option. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone; Barzun & Taylor 780.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A true rarity: This splendid copy is handsomely bound in finely woven orange cloth stamped brightly with black border rules and lettering on the front boards and on the spine. A near-fine copy internally; printed on heavy white stock, virtually unread. With clean, crisp endpapers. A fresh, crisp, unread copy. With the merest touch of wrinkling to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine ends. A remarkably clean and unsophisticated copy of this classic tale of Miss Marple's investigation of murder at the vicarage in St. Mary Mead. A superb collector s copy. Protected by a facsimile dust jacket. The Murder at the Vicarage is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1930[1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence[1] and the US edition at $2.00.[3] It is the first novel to feature the character of Miss Marple and her village of St Mary Mead. This first look at St Mary Mead led a reviewer in 1990 to ask why such works are described as cosy mysteries: "Our first glimpse of St Mary Mead, a hotbed of burglary, impersonation, adultery and ultimately murder. What is it precisely that people find so cosy about such stories?"[4] The character had previously appeared in short stories published in magazines, starting in December 1927. These earlier stories were collected in book form in The Thirteen Problems in 1932. (Wikipedia) First Edition with "Copyright,1930" at the center of the copyright page; and "Printed in Great Britain" at the bottom of the page; no subsequent printings listed.

Soft Cover. First Edition. The hand-typed manuscript of an uncollected and hitherto unpublished Poirot story. The manuscript is 92-pages long and is bound in yellow card covers held together by 3 large staples overlaid by blue tape. There is a pale blue label on the front cover upon which has been typed in dark blue type: ***/ THE GREENSHORE FOLLY/ By/ AGATHA CHRISTIE/ ***. The manuscript is un-dated but is definitely pre-1956. On the front cover is an embossment from Ethel Christian Limited (typewriting, shorthand and duplicating), 36-38 Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.2. Temple Bar 2904. On the inside cover there is a small red label (with black lettering) from Ethel Christian Limited with her address details in W.C.2. On the outside of the manuscript there is a small piece of paper attached (with typing on the verso) that says: GREENSHORE FOLLY original short story. Basis for novel DEAD MAN S FOLLY. Short Story GREENSHAW S FOLLY substituted for story above. The Greenshore Folly is referred to in several Agatha Christie bibliographical lists and is a detective novella featuring Hercule Poirot which was expanded in 1956 into the full-length novel, Dead Man s Folly. The Greenshore Folly is not to be confused with the entirely un-related Miss Marple Story Greensh aw s Folly which was published in The Adventures of the Christmas Pudding in 1960. The Greenshore Folly is one of the rarest Agatha Christie manuscripts to have appeared on the market in many years. £20,000.

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.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The scarce first edition of this festive novel by the Queen of Detective Fiction, Agatha Christie. In the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. In the very scarce unrestored first state unclipped dust wrapper, priced 7s 6d. With three pages of advertisements to the rear of the work. From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts.A festive murder mystery novel in which Hercule Poirot investigates the death of a frail old man over the Christmas period, when he unexpectedly invites his whole family to join him to celebrate the holidays.Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart with light damp stain to head of front board. Dust wrapper is smart with the occasional closed tear and chip, slightly more severe to the head of the spot. Sunned to the spine, as is common with this work. The odd spot and handling mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to the fore edge. Very Good. book.

A first edition, first printing published by Collins [Crime Club] in 1940. A near fine book with one neat inscription to the front endpaper, accompanied by a small bookseller's ticket to the foot of the pastedown. Absolutely no fading to the spine - a touch rubbed to the edges. In a very good wrapper which is unpriced and unclipped. The wrapper is completely without restoration. A minute chip to the edge of the spine foot. The rear panel is exceptionally clean and the wrapper is in very fresh condition. The story revolves around the character of Elinor Carlisle, who is accused of murdering her rival in love, Mary Gerrard. Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate. The novel delves into themes of jealousy, love, and the complexities of human relationships, with Poirot using his keen deductive skills to uncover the truth behind the murder. As with many of Christie's works, "Sad Cypress" is known for its intricate plot and unexpected twists. The title is drawn from a song in Shakespeare's play 'Twelfth Night' and is partly courtroom based.

First American edition of this Hercule Poirot mystery, published in the UK under the title Murder on the Orient Express. Publisher's original tan cloth with titles in black to the upper board and spine, in the Clayton Rawson illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers, fore-edge untrimmed. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with minor darkening to the extremities and a couple of mild production creases to the upper board. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper that has tiny chips at the head of the spine and is otherwise bright and without fading or tears. A scarce title in dustwrapper, especially so in this, original condition. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A very good first edition in fine dust jacket. Owned by Charlie Watts, ROLLING STONE drummer. First edition in a very good dust-jacket.WITH COA Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to her secretary, amanuensis and close friend Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher: 'For Carlo with love from Agatha'. Bookplate "From the library of Charlotte "Carlo" Fisher. Original dust-jacket supplied from another copy. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of Christie's masterful murder mystery; one of her personal favorites. Octavo, original boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Agatha Christie Sept 1970." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Kenneth Farnhill. Housed in a custom clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. One of Christie's favorites among her works, Endless Night was first published in the U.K. by the Collins Crime Club on October 30, 1967 and in the U.S. by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The work received some of the warmest critical reviews of Christies career upon publication. "The old maestrina of the crime-novel (or whatever is the female of 'maestro') pulls yet another out of her inexhaustible bag with Endless Night, quite different in tone from her usual work. It is impossible to say much about the story without giving away vital secrets: sufficient to warn the reader that if he should think this is a romance he couldn't be more mistaken, and the crashing, not to say horrific suspense at the end is perhaps the most devastating that this surpriseful author has ever brought off" (Francis Iles, The Guardian).

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.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A vanishingly scarce signed first edition of this evocative travel memoir by Agatha Christie. Signed and dedicated to her secretary and friend, Carlo Fisher. The first edition, first impression with no further impressions stated.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.With a dedication from Christie to the front free endpaper reading: 'Carlo with love from Agatha' From the library of Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher with her bookplate to front paste down.Hired as a governess for her daughter Rosalind, Fisher would later work as Christie's secretary, transcribing a number of her novels, notably The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, considered the turning point in her literary career. The pair soon became close friends, with Fisher acting as one of very few true confidantes for the often reclusive and shy Agatha. The association of this work is not simply that of an employee of Christie, but of her closest and longest standing friend. An exceptional copy of this work with a personal association from the greatest detective writer of all time. An exceptional provenance having passed from the possession of Carlo Fisher to Rolling Stone Charlie Watts.This Christie novel consists of two interwoven plots: the mystery Poirot works on from his armchair while the police work on the spot, and a Cold War spy story told in the first person narrative.In this unusual work, Poirot never actually visits the crime scenes or interviews witnesses or suspects; instead, he proves his claim that he is capable of solving crimes by use of his intellect alone. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition. Slight bumping to extremities. Dust wrapper is smart with the occasional closed tear, with tape reinforcements to the reverse. The odd mark to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HARDBACK - A near fine book with a neat name to the top of the front end-paper. Internally, the pages are clean with the odd light foxing mark to the inner text. Light off-setting to the end-papers, but overall a nice clean book with bright orange boards with just a hint of fading to a very small area of the spine tips. The dust wrapper is in near very good condition with chipping to the spine tips, more so to the crown where the loss has encroached into the cards lettering. There is a chip to the top corner of the front panel, there is also a smaller chip to the bottom centre of the front panel, with light soiling to the rear panel. There is no printed price to the bottom corner of the front flap, denoting a book that was probably destined for the Commonwealth market. A correct UK first edition in its original unrestored dust wrapper.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Christie mystery. The first edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed and dedicated by the author to the front free endpaper; 'For Arthur From Agatha, 1958'.From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts. 'Ordeal by Innocence' surrounds the mystery of Jacko Argyle, who dies in prison whilst serving a sentence for killing his mother. Two years after Jacko's death, his alibi appears, and his family suddenly realise that he was innocent, and that one of them must be the real killer In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in lovely condition. Slight bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart with shelf wear to the extremities. Spotting to the reverse of the wrap. Handling marks to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot and marginal age toning. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Poirot tale. The first edition, first impression, with no other impressions stated. Signed and dedicated by the author; 'To Peter [indistinguishable] from Agatha Christie Oct 1955'.Famously a rather introverted individual, signed examples of Christie's works are vanishingly scarce, with this being a rare example.From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts.'Hickory Dickory Dock' is a thrilling detective novel, featuring Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The novel starts with Poirot's interest in an outbreak of kleptomania in a student hostel, where there is a bizarre list of stolen items. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with slight bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is very smart with edge wear to the extremities and minor creasing. Handling marks and evidence of tape removal to rear wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and scattered spotting, due to paper used. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A vanishingly scarce signed example of the first edition of one of Agatha Christie's favourites of her own works. The first edition, first impression with no further impressions stated.With a dedication from Christie to the front free endpaper reading: 'Carlo with love from Agatha Christie'.From the library of Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher with her bookplate to front paste down. Hired as a governess for her daughter Rosalind, Fisher would later work as Christie's secretary, transcribing a number of her novels, notably The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, considered the turning point in her literary career. The pair soon became close friends, with Fisher acting as one of very few true confidantes for the often reclusive and shy Agatha. The association of this work is not simply that of an employee of Christie, but of her closest and longest standing friend. An exceptional copy of this work with a personal association from the greatest detective writer of all time. An exceptional provenance having passed from the possession of Carlo Fisher to Rolling Stone Charlie Watts.With a title taken from William Blake's 'Auguries of Innocence', the stand-alone novel follows a twisted character who chooses evil over good, and received highly favourable critical notices. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition with just some slight bumping to head and tail of the spine. Slight fading to spine and extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart with closed tear, approximately one inch, to rear of wrap. Slight creasing to extremities. Spine remains bright. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning. Slight spotting to top edge. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1939. A fine copy with one small neat contemporary date inscription to corner of ffep. Some light sporadic foxing to preliminary pages (only). Covers are bright and have no bumping to corners or fading to spine. In original near fine price clipped dust jacket with some archival restoration chiefly to spine tips. An excellent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ten Little N*****s by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1939. No previous owner's name inscriptions or marks. Sporadic foxing to edges and prelims. Original cloth covers are near fine. In like first state dust jacket with some imperceptible restoration to edges. Spine unfaded. Some foxing to verso (see image). A bright copy. "Ten Little Ns" is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in 1939. The story revolves around ten strangers who are invited to a remote island under various pretexts. Upon their arrival, they discover that their mysterious host is absent, and they are left alone with a recording accusing each of them of committing a murder. Soon after, one by one, the guests are murdered in a manner that mirrors the nursery rhyme "Ten Little Ns." As fear and suspicion mount among the remaining survivors, they must unravel the identity of the killer among them before it's too late. The novel is renowned for its clever plot twists, psychological suspense, and intricate puzzles, making it one of Christie's most celebrated works.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. An exceptional signed first edition of this classic Miss Marple novel, signed from Christie to her secretary, Carlo Fisher. The first edition, first impression, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.With a dedication from Christie to the front free endpaper reading: 'Carlo, with love from Agatha'From the library of Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher. Hired as a governess for her daughter Rosalind, Fisher would later work as Christie's secretary, transcribing a number of her novels, notably The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, considered the turning point in her literary career. The pair soon became close friends, with Fisher acting as one of very few true confidantes for the often reclusive and shy Agatha.The association of this work is not simply that of an employee of Christie, but of her closest and longest standing friend. An exceptional copy of this work with a personal association from the greatest detective writer of all time.An exceptional provenance having passed from the possession of Carlo Fisher to Rolling Stone Charlie Watts.A Caribbean Mystery takes place at the Golden Palm Resort on the Caribbean Island of St Honore, where Miss Marple is holidaying, following a period of ill health. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart with age toning and the occasional marks to the wrap. Slight creasing to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with scattered spotting, heavier to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Christie mystery, signed by Christie to friend and confidante, Carlo Fisher. The first edition, first impression with no further impressions stated. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. With a dedication from Christie to the front free endpaper reading 'To Carlo with love from Agatha Christie (Missus!) Sept. 1970'. A particularly nice inscription, demonstrating the familiar 'Missus' Carlo would call Agatha, and dated by Christie in the month of publication. From the library of Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher with her bookplate to front paste down. Hired as a governess for her daughter Rosalind, Fisher would later work as Christie's secretary, transcribing a number of her novels, notably The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, considered the turning point in her literary career. The pair soon became close friends, with Fisher acting as one of very few true confidantes for the often reclusive and shy Agatha. The association of this work is not simply that of an employee of Christie, but of her closest and longest standing friend. An exceptional copy of this work with a personal association from the greatest detective writer of all time. An exceptional provenance having passed from the possession of Carlo Fisher to Rolling Stone Charlie Watts.'Passenger to Frankfurt' is a thrilling espionage novel, following Stafford Nye, a middle aged diplomat, as he steps into the world of spies and secret agents. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition with slight fading to the extremities. Dust wrapper is in excellent with sunning to the spine as is common with this work. The odd spot to the reverse of the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed first edition of this classic Hercule Poirot title, exceptionally scarce to see signed. The first edition, first impression with no further impressions stated. Flat signed by the author to the title page. Christie signed few works, so signed copies are exceptionally scarce, particularly without a dedication.In the original price clipped dust wrapper.From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts.'Third Girl' is a detective novel featuring Agatha Christie's beloved Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and the recurring character Ariadne Oliver. The novel starts with Norma Restarick seeking help from Poirot, believing that she may have committed murder. In the original cloth binding in the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally in lovely condition. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper is very smart with just minor creasing. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Signed by the author to the title page. Small stain to fore edge. Fine. signed by author. book.

A near-fine copy bound in finely woven brown cloth stamped brightly in black on the front boards and on the spine. With a drawing of a Sphinx and pyramid at the center of the front boards. With a name and date (1938) in ink at the top of the front endpaper. Very clean and tight throughout. Printed on heavy white stock which is clean and bright. The type is crisp and in fine register. In the original dust jacket with the price of $2.00 at the top of the inside front flap. With light chipping to the top and bottom of the spine ends. Light wear along the outer edge of the front fold; wear at the corners. Rather scarce in the original dust jacket. A collector's copy. Film Adaptations: The novel was adapted into a 1978 feature film, Death on the Nile, starring Peter Ustinov for the first of his six appearances as Poirot. Others in the all-star cast included Bette Davis (Miss Van Schuyler), Mia Farrow (Jacqueline de Bellefort), Maggie Smith (Miss Bowers), Lois Chiles (Linnet Doyle), Simon MacCorkindale (Simon Doyle), Jon Finch (Mr Ferguson), Olivia Hussey (Rosalie Otterbourne), Angela Lansbury (Mrs Otterbourne), Jane Birkin (Louise), George Kennedy (Mr Pennington), Jack Warden (Dr Bessner), I. S. Johar (Mr Choudhury) and David Niven (Colonel Race). The screenplay differs slightly from the book, deleting several characters, including Cornelia Robson, Signor Richetti, Joanna Southwood, the Allertons, and Mr. Fanthorp. Tim Allerton is replaced as Rosalie's love interest by Ferguson. Another film adaptation, also called Death on the Nile, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, was released on February 11, 2022. It is the follow-up to the 2017 film Murder on the Orient Express. Some characters and details are either omitted or differ from the novel, while the elements of the central murder remain unchanged. Bouc replaces the character of Tim Allerton, and he is joined by his mother, Euphemia. Salome Otterbourne is now a jazz singer and no longer a drunk, while Rosalie is her niece whom she adopted. Bouc is the third person killed instead of Salome Otterbourne. Linnet's lawyer Andrew is now also her cousin, and Mrs. Van Schuyler and Miss Bowers are a lesbian couple. Mrs. Van Schuyler is also the godmother of Linnet. All the suspects are friends of the married couple who have invited them to their honeymoon celebration. A World War I romance is invented for Poirot, and it is hinted that Poirot and Otterbourne have romantic feelings for each other. (Wikipedia) First Edition with correct dates of 1938 on the title and 1937 on the copyright page; no subsequent printing listed.