Agatha Christie, First Edition (Over 4,400 results)

Blue Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Good. Folding Maps (illustrator). First UK Edition. Vii, (I), 318 Pp. Blue Cloth. 1897 Date On Title Page. Dark Blue Endpapers. Bookplate Of E A Belcher, Major And Civil Servant, "En Dieu Est Tout". Color Even, Gilt Brilliant, But Bumping To Edges, And Waviness To Cloth And Endpapers (Water Damage). Christie's Dedication In Her 1924 Novel "The Mystery Of The Mill House" Reads "To E.A.B. In Memory Of A Journey, Some Lion Stories And A Request That I Should Some Day Write The Mystery Of The Mill House". As Noted In Wikipedia,"The Book Has Some Parallels To Incidents And Settings Of A Round-The-World Work Trip Taken By Christie With Her First Husband Archie Christie And Headed By His Old Teacher From Clifton College, Major E. A. Belcher, To Promote The Forthcoming 1924 British Empire Exhibition. The Tour Lasted From January 20 To December 1, 1922 (It Was On The Tour That Christie Wrote The Short Stories Which Would Form All Of Poirot Investigates (1924) And Most Of The Contents Of Poirot's Early Cases (Published In 1974). Dining With Belcher Before The Trip, He Had Suggested Setting A Mystery Novel In His Home, The Mill House At Dorney, Naming The Book The Mystery Of The Mill House And Insisted On Being In It As Well. He Is The Inspiration For The Central Character Sir Eustace Pedler, Having Been Given A Title At Archie's Suggestion, And The Mill House Also Makes An Appearance, Albeit Transposed To Marlow. Christie Found Belcher "Childish, Mean And Somehow Addictive As A Personality: 'Never, To This Day, Have I Been Able To Rid Myself Of A Sneaking Fondness For Sir Eustace,' Wrote Agatha Of The Fictionalised Belcher, Whom She Put Into The Man In The Brown Suit. 'I Dare Say It's Reprehensible, But There It Is.'" Following Completion In Late 1923. The Man In The Brown Suit Was First Serialised In The London Evening News Under The Title Anne The Adventurous. It Ran In Fifty Instalments From Thursday, November 29, 1923 To Monday, January 28, 1924. There Were Slight Amendments To The Text, Either To Make Sense Of The Openings Of An Instalment (E.G. Changing "She Then." To "Anne Then."), Or Omitting Small Sentences Or Words. The Main Change Was In The Chapter Division. The Published Book Has Thirty-Six Chapters Whereas The Serialisation Has Only Twenty-Eight. In Her 1977 Autobiography Christie Makes A Slight Mistake With The Name Of The Serialisation And Refers To It As Anna The Adventuress (Possibly Confusing It With The 1904 Book Of The Same Name By E. Phillips Oppenheim). Irrespective Of This Mistake, The Change From Her Preferred Title Was Not Of Her Choosing And The Newspaper's Choice Was One That She Considered To Be "As Silly A Title As I Have Ever Heard". She Raised No Objections However As The Evening News Were Paying Her £500 (£21,141 In Current Terms) For The Serial Rights Which She And Her Family Considered An Enormous Sum.[ At Archie's Suggestion, She Used The Money To Purchase A Grey, Bottle-Nosed Morris Cowley. She Later Stated That Acquiring Her Own Car Ranked With Dining At Buckingham Palace As One Of The Two Most Exciting Incidents In Her Life.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Strand Magazine March 1941. A single monthly softcover issue in original colour wraps. This rare single issue contains the short story by Agatha Christie, The Regular Customer. A Hercule Poirot short story. First appearance. In very good condition and all complete. There is some light soiling to covers and creasing to spine, with a little scraping to top right corner of front cover. Please see pictures, more on request. Add this scarce single issue to your collection, which is rarely offered for sale. Please see my other Strand magazines. Please message for more details or enquiries.

[Crime fiction] U.S. Second edition, prior to the British edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.296; [4], blank, being the John Lane first edition sheets with National's own title page (which is a cancel). Publisher's pale blue cloth decoratively blocked in blue. No ink inscriptions, contents generally clean, title leaf toned (printed on different paper stock), rear joint pulled. Covers are mottled/spotted, spine with an area of browning, rubbed to spine ends and extremities. A good-very good copy of a rare book. A most uncommon and important edition of her debut novel, which precedes the first London edition (Bodley Head, 1921). The first U.S. edition was issued by John Lane (1920). The book was not a best-seller and they published no further Christie titles (Dodd Mead released her second and subsequent books with much success, and also bought her first title from Lane). Indeed, such was the lukewarm initial response, John Lane moved some of their unsold sheets to Ryerson Press of Toronto (for the Canadian first edition), and the remainder were sold cheaply to National Book Co. later that year (per the present copy). The first U.K. edition did not appeared until 1921, published by Bodley Head.

First Canadian edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK and first to feature Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot. Issued from sheets of the true first edition (NY; John Lane, 1920) and preceding the London edition (Bodley Head, 1921). We record only one other copy offered for sale and are able to locate only one copy in libraries. Recased with new endpapers added, lettering touched up and cloth coated. Spine a little tanned otherwise near fine. Housed in matching clamshell case lined in silk. Rare. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF POIROT.

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. 1st edition US. 1st ptg., 8vo full orange cloth, Christie's second novel, introducing Tommy and Tuppence as an enterprising pair of investigators. Faintly cocked, spine a bit darkened, near fine without previous owner's marks or dj.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's orange cloth lettered in black. Very Good with fading to spine, cloth is grubby, faded at the spine and lightly worn at the extremities. Clipping from dust jacket tipped in on front pastedown with offsetting at recto. Agatha Christie's second novel that introduces the characters Tommy and Tuppence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book has been rebound in green cloth with the original cloth from front and rear boards retained on the new binding. New endpapers. Slight browning to the edge of pages and occasional marks and blemishes throughout. First edition with roman numerals to title page.

[Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.312; [4], advertisements. Elegantly bound in dark green full oasis morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt ruled boards, marbled endpapers. Internally clean, spine very lightly aged. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding, circa 1990s. The author's scarce second novel, being the first adventure for her popular series characters Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Wagstaff and Poole; A Christie Bibliography. See also Cooper and Pike; Detective Fiction. HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE SECRET ADVERSARY, published by UK publisher Bodley Head/John Lane, copyright 1922, First Printing (no date to copyright page, 1922 date on title page, ragged right and bottom page block), only lists "The Mysterious Affair At Styles" to left of title page, white endpapers, dark greenish black cloth boards with light bluish green lettering & art deco boarder design to spine & front board. Book has neo crease page corner, former owner's name/address to ffe otherwise no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean endpapers with no markings or tape residue, no foxing to pages, endpapers, or outer page edges, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), faint moisture outline mark to top outer page edge, no tears/repairs to internal hinges, tight flat pages, almost no spine sun darkening, no cloth wear-through to board edges or board corners, slight wear to spine tips, no tears to exterior hinges, faint water spot marks to boards (only noticable when book held at an angle) otherwise almost no dust/handling discoloration to boards, otherwise no soiling stains/discoloration to boards. Book also comes with a color facsimile of the UK Bodley Head issue Dust jacket to provide protection from damage and to improve its appearance on a shelf. Overall a VG+/FINE- book of a very rare 1920s era UK Bodley Head/John Lane Agatha Christie U.K. first printing of her 2nd book. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Agatha Christie (1922) 'The Secret Adversary', UK first edition, first printing, published by The Bodley Head. Accompanied by an original typed letter signed by Christie as Agatha Mallowan. The book: in very good condition and well preserved for a book from 1922. There are no previous owner's scribbles, no names, no bookplates, no stamps. The lettering on the spine is clearly legible and not rubbed out. The front board's ornaments are there with just a little rubbing. Rear board is clean. Usual shelf wear to edges. Page block edges not foxed, toned commensurate with age. Internally faint foxing spots here and there such as on our sample image of page 55. The original dust jacket is not present. However, we do provide a facsimile dust jacket which presents and protects the book on the shelf nicely. Those early Christie original dust jackets are exceptionally scarce and add considerable sums to the price. The letter: one page, 8vo, on Christie's stationary paper with 'Winterbrook House' header, dated 18th February 1972 [exactly fifty years after The Secret Adversary's publication in 1922]. In the letter to John Higgins, Christie counts that by then she had published 81 books, the same number as her age. She further says that she know nothing about the exact number of sales, but notes that they increase every year. She signs as Agatha Mallowan. John Dalby Higgins (1934-1999) was a journalist and Arts Editor for The Times (1970-1988). In 1972 he asked Christie whether she would be willing to serve a judge for a Times short story competition to which Christie agreed. Higgins needed from Christie some background information to introduce her to the readership. Hence, this letter. In fine condition with two paperclip indentations to the top left corner as shown. The Secret Adversary is Dame Agatha Christie's second novel only preceeded by The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1921). It was received well upon publication. A first German film adaptation followed in 1929 (silent film called Die Abenteurer G.m.b.H.). A TV adaptation follows in 1983 and as recently as 2014 produced by the BBC. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First US edition 1923. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed. Black mark to lower portion of spine. Endpapers have been neatly reinforced with sellotape. Ink inscriptions on frt. pastedown and f.e.p. Pr evious owner's bookplate on f.e.p. Else good in original green cloth with title in orange. Very scarce. Product Information The Murder on the Links is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co in March 1923 and, in the same year, in the UK by The Bodley Head in May. It features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. The story takes place in northern France, giving Poirot a hostile competitor from the Paris Sûreté. Poirot's long memory for past or similar crimes proves useful in resolving the crimes. The book is notable for a subplot in which Hastings falls in love, a development "greatly desired on Agatha's part. parcelling off Hastings to wedded bliss in the Argentine." Reviews when it was published compared Mrs Christie favourably to Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Remarking on Poirot, still a new character, one reviewer said he was "a pleasant contrast to most of his lurid competitors; and one even suspects a touch of satire in him (Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. The Murder On the Links by Agatha Christie First Edition John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd 1923. London. Rebound for library use. Small stamps to prelims. Slight damage to page 101 affecting a few lines of text. No previous owner's inscriptions. A G+ copy.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition, first printing; precedes the British first edition. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth lettered in orange; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with lean to binding, fading to spine and soiling to cloth; stain to front board and discoloration to rear. Extremities worn. Front and rear inner hinge slightly exposed. Contents toned and with trivial foxing, former owner's notation in fountain pen on the front pastedown. Christie's third book and the second book in the popular Detective Poirot series featuring his sidekick Captain Arthur Hastings. The Belgian detectives are called to solve a murder that occurred on a French golf course. Later adapted into the BBC television series starring David Suchet as Poirot.

First UK edition, first printing. Bound in full green crushed morocco by Baker Bindery, Alabama (for Asprey). Five raised bands, gilt ruled compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. Upper and lower boards ruled in gilt. Inner dentelles double ruled and with corner pieces in gilt. Green patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. The publisher's original orange cloth bound in at the rear. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents spotlessly clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Agatha Christie's third novel and by a small margin her scarcest in the British first edition. Featuring Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. (Hubin) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. "The Murder on the Links" by Agatha Christie. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1923. True first edition, submitted to the Library of Congress and reviewed in the The New York Times several weeks ahead of the London edition. Octavo. 298 pages. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind and lettered in orange; lacking original dust jacket. Minor edgewear, head and foot of spine pushed, spine sunned, somewhat rubbed and soiled. Endpapers toned, minor foxing and thumbsoiling. Internally generally clean and tight; somewhat foxed, text block lightly toned along margins and edges, minor text block edgewear and soiling. Good copy. One of the rarest early Agatha Christie books to obtain.

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.

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.

Bon état. 1924.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First UK Edition stated on verso of title page ' First Published in 1924' with half title, title page and dedication page followed by 310 numbered pages plus 2-page publishers advert at the back. Grey cloth with brown stamped border and title on front and on spine. Some light wear to corners and edges. M.G. written in top corner of front pastedown. Front free endpaper missing with exposed netting, rear endpapers yellowed and stained also with netting exposed making the boards loose but still firmly attached. Apart from the odd blemish pages are clean and tightly bound. Over all a Good Copy of this scarce UK First Edition.

First Edition - first isue. "First published in 1924" on copyright page. Tan cloth stamped in brown on front and spine. One blank leaf, 3 leaves, 310 pages plus 2 pages of ads at back. Foredges and bottom page edges uncut. Top page edges stained brown. Contents very good or better. Cloth splitting along spine almost entire length of front and couple inches along middle of back. Cover tip worn at one corner. Small red stain approx. 1/2" x 1 1/2" on front cover. Small previous owner's name on flyleaf. Endpages tanned. Spine slightly faded. no jacket.

Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's tan cloth lettered in dark brown, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with lean to binding, fading to spine, soiling, and wear at extremities. Browning to endsheets with small chip to top edge of the half title page. Contents toned and lightly foxed, rear inner hinge is exposed and tender. Christie's eleventh mystery thriller which introduces the character Colonel Race. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing of Christie's fourth novel and the first to introduce secret service agent Colonel Johnny Race. Lacking the rare original dust jacket, but married to a strikingly nice dust jacket from the 1931 American printing. Housed in a custom wooden slipcase. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924. Publisher's original tan cloth, lettered in dark brown; pp. (viii), 275, [5]. An about near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight and sturdy, minor rubbing to boards with a touch of thumb soiling. Internally quite clean and fine with just a hint of offsetting to endpapers. Jacket remains bright and vibrant with the slightest traces of shelfwear. A very presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

First American Edition (in publisher's dustjacket for the 1931 printing). A young woman investigates the murder of a beautiful girl in the Mill House, following the suspect by ship to South Africa. This copy has been married to an attractive original publisher's dustjacket for the 1931 printing of the book. A scarce title to be found in any example of the dustjacket. Near Fine in Near Fine or Fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT, published by UK publisher Bodley Head/John Lane, copyright 1924, First Printing (states "First Published in 1924" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings), lists to "Poirot Investigates" on list of Christie books to left of title page (i.e. doesn't list the 6th and last Bodley Head Agatha Christie book "The Secret of Chimneys" published in 1925), double sided page of recent Bodley Head books at rear of book, white endpapers, light tan cloth boards with dark brown lettering & art deco boarder design to spine & front board. Book has no crease page corner, no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean original endpapers with no markings or tape residue, no foxing to pages, endpapers, or outer page edges, very slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), no tears/repairs to internal hinges, tight flat pages, NO SPINE DARKENING, NO CLOTH WEAR-THROUGH TO BOARD EDGES, tiny wear spot to bottom right board corner otherwise no wear to board corners, NO WEAR TO SPINE TIPS, NO WEAR/TEARS TO EXTERIOR HINGES, NO DUST/HANDLING DISCOLORATION TO BOARDS (book looks like the original dust jacket was only recently removed). Book also comes with a color facsimile of the UK Bodley Head 1st issue Dust jacket to provide protection from damage and to improve its appearance on a shelf. Overall a N-FINE book of a very rare 1920s era UK Bodley Head/John Lane Agatha Christie U.K. first printing of her 5th book. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.

hardcover. Condition: Very good. First. The first edition, rare. In original decorated cloth. Very good condition. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. An excellent first edition of this early work by the Queen of Crime Fiction, Agatha Christie, being the first to feature Colonel Johnny Race. The first edition, first impression, with 'first published in 1924' to copyright page. Published in the US later the same year.With a leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work.A standalone work, The Man in the Brown Suit tells the story of a young woman, Anne Beddingfield, who picks up a mysterious piece of paper after she witnesses the death of a man in a tube station. The novel is the first to feature Colonel Race, a lion hunter and spy for the British Government. Race would become a recurring character, featuring in a number of novels alongside her fan-favourite Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.Upon release, the work was met with mixed reception, with many hoping for another novel to feature Poirot. The work has since been praised both for its thriller feel and as the only work to explore a more emotive side of Colonel Race.From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts.A smart copy of this early standalone Agatha Christie novel. In the original decorative brown cloth binding. Externally smart, with marks to the boards. Slight rubbing to the extremities and minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with age toning due to paper used and the very occasional spot. Offsetting to endpapers. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. AGATHA CHRISTIE - POIROT INVESTIGATES, published by UK publisher Bodley Head/John Lane, copyright 1924, First Printing (states "First Published in 1924" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings), lists to "The Murder On The Links" on list of Christie books to left of title page (i.e. doesn't list the 5th & 6th Bodley Head Agatha Christie books "The Secret of Chimneys" & "The Man In The Brown Suit" published in 1925 & 1926), correct 7 pages of double sided ads of recent Bodley Head books at rear of book, white endpapers, variant Colonial edition (i.e. export edition) light blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board. Book has no crease page corners, no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean original endpapers with no markings or tape residue, no foxing to pages, endpapers, or outer page edges, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges (no foxing), tiny drop spot to right outer page edge, no tears/repairs to internal hinges, tight flat pages, very slight spine sun fading, NO CLOTH WEAR-THROUGH TO BOARD EDGES, BOARD CORNERS OR SPINE TIPS, NO WEAR/TEARS TO EXTERIOR HINGES, tiny faint spot at top on rear board otherwise NO DUST/HANDLING DISCOLORATION TO BOARDS. Book also comes with a color facsimile of the UK Bodley Head 1st issue Dust jacket to provide protection from damage and to improve its appearance on a shelf. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book of a very rare 1920s era UK Bodley Head/John Lane Agatha Christie U.K. first printing of her 4th book. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.

[Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 310; [2], advertisements. Publisher's light brown cloth, titled and decorated in dark brown. Contents clean. Spine tips and corners with trivial wear, a scuff on the front panel, else a very good copy. The fourth of Christie's sixty-six original crime novels, and the first to feature the secret service agent Johnny Race.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, First impression. A lovely copy finely bound by Temple book bindery in 3/4 red morocco with contrasting black lettering labels to spine with title and author. Five raised bands to spine with gilt tooling. Marbled end papers and gilt page edges. Internally very good +.