Editore: Createspace Independent Pub, 2013
ISBN 10: 1494201453 ISBN 13: 9781494201456
Lingua: Inglese
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: As New. Signed Copy . Inscribed by co-author/editor Bill Peschel on title page. (Agatha Christie, Detectives, Mystery).
Editore: New York. William Morrow & Co/Harper Collins, 2016
ISBN 10: 0062458825 ISBN 13: 9780062458827
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Libris Books, Southminster, Regno Unito
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EUR 48,52
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. New York. William Morrow & Co/Harper Collins. 2016. Hard Cover. First Edition/First Printing (full number line including the number 1 on the copyright page). Medium 8to 6.125 x 9.25 (15.6 x 23.5cm). 299 pp. Quarter bound black publisher spine over scarlet boards with silver titles to the spine. Much harder to find US edition flat signed by the author to a signed edition page and specially bound by the publisher with blind stamped publisher initials to the upper board. Mustard endpapers. Condition is new. Floor plans, decorative chapter headers and embossed title pages make this a very attractive copy. 100 hundred years after Agatha Christie first imagined him, Hercule Poirot is back in Hannah's follow on to the global success of The Monogram Murders. Crime thriller set in Lady Athelinda's mansion in Clonakilty, County Cork. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: davis, 1970
Da: Horton Colbert, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Death do us part by Richard Matheson who signed on the title page. Vol 56 no 3, whole number 322. Signed by Author(s).
EUR 36,21
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 240 Pages. Soft Cover Binding. In Very Good Condition. 1St Edition Thus. 1940 Date On The Copy Right Page. Pages Are Yellow From The Age. Dell Book 529. This Book Is Not Signed. Book.
Editore: BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House, 2014
ISBN 10: 1471350428 ISBN 13: 9781471350429
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Irlanda
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EUR 49,24
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. 2014. Unabridged. Audio CD. John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot in eight full-cast dramas - as heard on BBC Radio 4 The ABC Murders An ABC railway guide is found by dead bodies, and Poirot is warned in advance by a taunting letter from someone signed 'ABC'. Who is ABC? BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 142 x 35. Weight in Grams: 358. . . . . .
Editore: James Cresswell, UK, 2011
Da: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
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EUR 36,39
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Limited Edition; First Printing. A new author signed and numbered ( no. 198 of 300 produced) copy; 4tol maroon cloth with gold gilt; 334pp; our of print and now scarce; contains information about Hercule poirot stories including resume of stories, full list of characters, information about characters, it is useful in determining Information at all levels of interest from general interest through to comprehensive study or research into the world of Hercule Poirot. Could be a great present for the Crime Fiction enthusiast. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author.
Editore: RBA, 2008
Da: Almacen de los Libros Olvidados, Barakaldo, Spagna
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Aggiungi al carrelloTapa dura. Condizione: 2ª Mano. , . . Firmado por autor. . . Tapa dura; 176p; 20x14cm.
Da: Fialta Books, St Albans, Regno Unito
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EUR 151,63
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. With gold foiled authors' signatures on the cover board. Signed by Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Ruth Ware and Dreda Say Mitchell. Unread new copy. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Collins Crime Club., London., 1970
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Baggins Books and Collectables, Market Harborough, LEICE, Regno Unito
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EUR 357,84
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy that seems unread and has a SIGNED Agatha Christie first day cover loosely laid in. 256 immaculate pages with no loss, tears or foxing. Dated as 1970 on the copyright page. First UK edition. The outer red boards are completely unmarked. The original dust jacket is price clipped but is in fantastic condition. No fade to the spine panel (as is common with this tittle) A gem. Included is a first day issue card Willa Cather (American Author/Journalist) dated September 20th 1973. Signed by Agatha Christie in a very shaky hand. Complete with the PSA DNA COA hologram sticker attached. PSA/DNA Authentication services is now using an embedded hologram in its authentication. I have seen on the auction site forInternational Autograph Auctions Europe on Lot number 1080 on the 13th March 2025 a card with Agatha Christies signature identical to the one included with the above book, also confirming authenticity. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Collins Crime Club., London., 1970
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Baggins Books and Collectables, Market Harborough, LEICE, Regno Unito
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EUR 479,14
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine copy that seems unread. Included is the signature of Agatha Christie on a laid in page taken from an autograph book. 256 immaculate pages with no faults. Dated 1970 on the copyright page. First UK edition. Outer red boards are unmarked. The dust jacket is mint with no fading to the spine. Price-clipped. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: J.M. Dent and Sons, London, 1936
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, Regno Unito
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EUR 606,51
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. xvi / 382 pp red cloth with gilt title to spine, Ravilious motif to front, decorative endpapers. Signed on ffep by Dorothy L. Sayers. Spine sunned and marked, spits to cloth at edges, edges rubbed , crayon name verso rear free endpaper. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: The Crime Club for Collins, London, 1964
Lingua: Inglese
Da: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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EUR 1.083,41
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original red orange cloth near fine in a near fine rare dust jacket, this is the 2nd issue of the 1940 first edition rare in itself with dust jacket. note this copy is signed by Lady Agatha on the title page. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Dodd Mead, New York, 1940
Da: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
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EUR 234,74
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Aggiungi al carrelloNo Binding. Condizione: Clamshell As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case, Elegant Custom Black NUBA Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the case is decorated with gilt titles at the spine & features a sculpted cover, after Agatha Christie's, iconic mystery dustwrapper's illustration of the skeleton hand. A unique & beautiful Hand-Made custom case for an important Book and what then became a cult classic movie. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over 200 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included. Please confirm you book's dimensions when you place your order because books can vary with age and if you wish to have any text added such as "SIGNED" etc.
Editore: Each illustration signed 'GZ' and dated between January and April, 1966
Da: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Regno Unito
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Aggiungi al carrelloEach drawing 22 x 16 cm, and each neatly mounted on card 31.5 x 22 cm. In good condition, in slightly discoloured mounts and folder. The mounts numbered in pencil in top left-hand corner. In cream folder, with blue cloth spine. Title in blue pencil on front of folder, together with image of hand holding glasses. Illustration of hand painting with brush, surrounded by ink pots, on back of folder. First illustration signed 'GZ | 5.3.66' and last 'GZ 7.4.66' Folder dated 'GZ. | 20.7.66'. Pleasant compositions, with something of an Edward Ardizzone feel about them. The first shows 'Major Burnaby' striding out with a lantern on a dark winter's night, the second a seance of six people, the third a man reading a letter while another ransacks a room. The identity of the artist is unknown, and it would not appear that the drawings were ever published. The Agatha Christie book was first published in America in 1931, under the title 'The Murder at Hazelmoor'.
Editore: London: Andre Deutsch, 1961, 1961
Da: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Regno Unito
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EUR 576,18
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Aggiungi al carrello[Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.260. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust-jacket. Editor's inscription the endpaper: "Renee Hellman - Christmas 1961", with recipient's name 'Dawn Field' above. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with some small nicks tears and rubs, one larger tear to rear. A selection of favourite recipes from famous people, with a foreword by A. Dickson Wright. Includes Ian Fleming on scrambled eggs, plus contributions from his friends including Noel Coward, Lady Diana Cooper, Wolf Mankowitz and Paul Gallico. A scarce book. Fleming's piece, published as 'Scrambled Eggs' had the working title 'Scrambled Eggs James Bond'. Within his fictional works Fleming provided two recipes; this one for scrambled eggs (007 In New York, 1964) and a recipe for fudge (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1964). This copy comes from the comprehensive bibliographical archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert C99.
Editore: COLLINS., 1940
Da: Baggins Books and Collectables, Market Harborough, LEICE, Regno Unito
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EUR 600,44
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. A very nice copy in its original uniform edition dust jacket comes with the signature of Agatha Christie on a laid in card on the title page. 286 pages with stitching starting at the top of the rear end piece. Previous owners name on rear of front board. Small booksellers label. Dated 1941 seventh impression on the copyright page. Outer green boards are unmarked but shows a slight fade to the spine. The wrapper shows a price of 2/6 net on the front flap. Large chip at top of spine now covered with matching green paper. A nice addition to any collection. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: London; The Crime Club by Collins, 1948, 1948
Da: Keel Row Books (ABA, ILAB & PBFA), Whitley Bay, Regno Unito
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EUR 5.822,47
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Aggiungi al carrelloHard Cover. First Edition, octavo, pp., 192. Publisher's burnt orange cloth with titles in black to spine. In a first state supplied dust-jacket with the correct price of 8s. 6.d to front flap. Boldly signed by Agatha Christie in her inimitable hand to the front free endpaper. Orange cloth slightly soiled and spine faded but a solid copy. The unclipped dust-jacket is near fine with just light soling to the white rear panel and one minor 7mm closed tear. A tale of family intrigue set in the immediate post-war years' as Hercule Poirot is called upon to untangle the mystery of a missing husband, a glamorous widow and the true heir to the Cloade family fortune. The verso of the front free endpaper has the small and neat ownership signature of one 'L (?) Gordon Clark, who may very well be the noted director, screenwriter and author who directed the short TV film 'Murder by the Book' about Agatha Christie attempting to kill off her most famous detective. A superb copy of a rare signed Agatha Christie.
Editore: Collins Crime Club, London, 1970
Da: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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EUR 5.236,50
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst edition of Christie's final spy novel, published on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Leon Drucker with best wishes Agatha Christie." From the library of noted collector William Strutz with his small bookplate to the pastedown. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Passenger to Frankfurt (1970), Agatha Christieâs late-career novel, integrates elements of psychological suspense and political intrigue, offering a nuanced exploration of post-World War II Europeâs socio-political landscape. The narrative follows Mrs. Sara King, a British woman, whose seemingly coincidental encounter with a mysterious man becomes the catalyst for an unfolding international conspiracy.
Editore: Collins Crime Club, London, 1939
Da: William Collins Rare and Collectable Books, Grimsby, Regno Unito
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EUR 12.069,49
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The original red cloth boards are in very good condition, the spine is slightly faded and the edges of the front board are a little dirty. FFEP is age toned and has been flat signed by Agatha Christie. The remainder of the book is clean, tight and square with no other marks or inscriptions. No foxing or browning throughout until the LFEP which is slightly age toned. The original unclipped dust jacket showing 7s 6d net has been backed with brown paper. There is rubbing and slight loss to the fold of the wrap around sand to the spine. With chipping and fractional loss to the head and tail of the spine. There are one or two blemishes to the rear panel but overall it is a very good example of the scarce dust jacket. The copy is from the collection of John Cooper. John Cooper is well known in detective fiction circles as an author of several authoritative books on the subject. These include Detective Fiction The Collectors Guide and Artists in Crime both co-written with B.A. Pike. - Collecting Christie. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: The Hague and Bandung: W. Van Hoeve Ltd., 1956, 1956
Da: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Regno Unito
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EUR 1.637,57
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Aggiungi al carrello[Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.302 [2]. With sixteen illustrations by the author. Publisher's black cloth with red titles to spine and upper, and a sketch-map to front endpapers. With the orange dust-jacket designed by the author, not priced, and the rare promotional wrap-around band showing a three-line endorsement by Agatha Christie. Blue ink ownership to title page. Contents and edges clean. binding is fresh, jacket shows some light wear to edges, soft fold to belly band at spine. Very good indeed. The true first, preceding the Michael Joseph edition by six years. Desirable with the elusive Agatha Chrsitie sash.
Editore: Collins Crime Club, London, 1953
Da: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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EUR 8.847,88
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst edition of Christie's ingenious murder mystery. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the month of publication, "For Stephen from Agatha Nov. 1953." Fine in the rare original dust jacket with two small closed tears. Housed in a custom full morocco slipcase with chemise by M.J. Adjarian. From the Richard Manney collection. An exceptional example, one of the nicest examples extant. Here, consulting detective Miss Marple assists with the investigation of the murder of Rex Fortescue, whose autopsy has revealed that the cause of death was poisoning by taxine. "A beautiful precision-tooled job. False clues are laid with effortless skill up to the final revelation" (Julian Symons, Manchester Evening News). "Never has Mrs. Christie exerted her incomparable power of deception with more subtlety or to better effect. Superb book" (Ralph Partridge).
Editore: The Crime Club, London, 1972
Da: Bookcase, Carlisle, Regno Unito
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EUR 1.819,52
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Aggiungi al carrelloHard. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Includes Agatha Christie's autograph on an autograph card and an accompanying letter from Hughes Massie and Co. Ltd., dated 8th September 1960, acknowleding the request for an Agatha Christie autograph. Book published later and the letter and envelope have been taped to the front pastedown by the previous owner, although the autograph card is loose. Pages clean and bright, very light foxing on front endpaper, light spotting on head of closed edge, boards and binding tidy, dust jacket neat. Size: 8vo. With Autograph.
Editore: Collins Crime Club, London, 1944
Da: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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EUR 1.083,41
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst edition of this classic Agatha Christie title and one of her favorites. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Agatha Christie was an English writer and known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six rejections, but this changed when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring Hercule Poirot, was published in 1920. During the Second World War she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, during the Blitz and acquired a good knowledge of poisons which featured in many of her subsequent novels. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author â" having been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time.
Editore: COLLINS
Da: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.
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EUR 9.028,45
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: 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).
Editore: London: Collins, The Crime Club., 1970
Da: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Regno Unito
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EUR 3.942,30
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth fresh and without fading. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the supplied, price-clipped dustwrapper that is otherwise without loss or tears, but with the red lettering on the spine faded to just a shadow. Signed by Agatha Christie in blue ink on the front end paper. The last of Agatha Christie's spy novels, the publication marking her 80th birthday and (by counting up both UK and US short-story collections to reach the desired total), also advertised as her 80th book. Signed copies are scarce. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Editore: Collins Crime Club, London, 1967
Da: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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EUR 8.847,88
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Aggiungi al carrelloFirst 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).
Editore: Williamm Collins Sons & Co Ltd Crime Club, 1972
Da: Surprise Books PBFA, Stroud Glos, Regno Unito
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EUR 1.819,52
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unclipped printing without nscriptions. Signed by Author without dedication on loose Bookplate in excellent condition. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Collins / The Crime Club, London, 1970
Da: West Hull Rare Books - ABA, ILAB, P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
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EUR 3.942,30
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A near fine or better book, bound in deep red cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine. There is a little pushing to the spine tip with a small faint bump to the top corner of the front panel. Internally, the pages are very clean indeed, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. There is the merest hint of foxing to the top page block. Inscribed by the author to the front end paper, reading TO / MRS BELSON / FROM / AGATHA CHRISTIE / SEPT 1970. The dust wrapper is in near fine condition with minor rubbing to the spine tip, and with the usual fading to the red lettering present to the spine. The publisher's printed price of 25s.d.net / £1.25.net is present to the bottom of the front flap. A most attractive example. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Odhams Press, 1933
Da: First and Fine, Ludlow, Regno Unito
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EUR 6.307,67
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Agatha Christie (1933) 'The Hound of Death', UK first edition, first printing, published by Odhams Press. Together with and original handwritten and signed letter addressed to film director Lionel Jeffries with superb content (see below). The Hound of Death is a short story collection which includes the story 'The Witness for the Prosecution' mentioned in the letter. The letter: on Winterbrook House stationary one sheet, folded in half creating four pages. On three pages, dated 20th May [1971], "from Dame Agatha Christie" in hand on top: "Dear Mr Jeffries | I have wanted to| wite to you for some time | because of the enormous | pleasure that the film of | The Railway Children gave | me It was my | favourite book as a child | & up to the age of 24 at | least I still used to occasionaly | to read it | I dreaded going to see | the film because nearly | always films of ones | favourite books are a | disastous disappointment | But this was so perfectly | produced & acted | I gather you are the | person I thank for the | great pleasure it gave me | Except for the Witness | for the Prosecution which | was good, all the films | that have been made from my | stories & books I have | hated! | Thank you again I | hope this reaches you, but | I am a little uncertain | about the address | Yours sincerely | Agatha Christie Mallowan" A scarce and beautiful letter with superb content in which Christie reveals that she hated all of the film and TV- adaptations of her work bar Witness for the Prosecution (1957 starring Marlene Dietrich in the Billy Wilder film). The Hound of Death (1933) is a short-story collection which contains the story Witness for the Prosecution which has been adapted several times for the TV and cinema including the above-mentioned version. Lionel Jeffries (1926-2010) was an actor and film director. His adaptation of Railway Children, based on the famous E. Nesbit novel (1906) was released in December 1970, so Christie's letter was most likely written in 1971. Condition of the book: a very good copy in like dust jacket. The book bears no previous owners' scribbles, no stamps and no bookplates. A few typical faint foxing spots but no heavy foxing as other copies often display. The boards are rubbed in places with dust soiling as shown. The spine is faded but has not gobne completely pale as with most copies. The dust jacket has a few tears and light edge wear. However, no slarge sections are missing as with the majority of specimen found. A nice copy. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).
Editore: The Bodley Head, 1922
Da: First and Fine, Ludlow, Regno Unito
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EUR 5.458,56
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: 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).