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Christie, Agatha. Cards on the Table.. Collins Crime Club, London, 1936.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: A second impression, November 1936 (same as the first). A distressed and abused copy. The orange cloth boards are worn and stained. Edges worn, corners bumped. The lettering on the spine is clear. The textblock is clean and tight with a little, light sporadic foxing. Hinges a little weak. There is some writing on the contents page that I cannot read. Neat insc on the ffep. dated 1937.286pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Christie, Agatha. Cards on the Table. Collins, London, 1936.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Usual Crime Club production - orange cloth lettered in black. Minor rubbing to extremities and vague grubbiness to cloth but a Good+ sound copy of this scarce title.
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, United Kingdom
Christie, Agatha. Cards on the Table. Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1936.
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression. Original orange cloth with black lettering to spine. A little sunning to spine and, marginally, to boards with some browning to endpapers and spotting to opening leaves. No dust jacket. A very good copy.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. Collins Crime Club, London, 1936.
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1936 hardcover. 1st ed. no dust jacket. This book is in very good condition+++. clean, square and tight. corners sharp, spine slightly sunned, prev owners details on inside front cover. pages clean and not tanned or foxed. a very good copy. see photos
Seller: edward syndercombe, Pretoria, GAUTE, South Africa
Price: US$577.24 + shipping
Description: [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.286; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine. Toning and light spotting to edges of textblock though internally clean. Sunning and rolling to spine, water marks to upper board, two of these marks measuring 2 x 1.5cm and 2 x 2cm. Very good. Often acclaimed as one of Christie's most finely crafted mysteries, this case involves four detectives of her creation: Colonel Johnny Race, Superintendent Battle, Ariadne Oliver and the master sleuth Hercule Poirot.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$763.24 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: CARDS ON THE TABLE - FIRST EDITION AND FIRST PRINTING. The dustjacket is a facsimile of the first impression and retains the price on the inner prelim 7/6. It is printed on acid free paper and enclosed in a durable plastic archival sleeve for longevity and future protection. Blue cloth boards.Some remnants and other marks in general. I have supplied pictures that show you the condition. It's still a tightly bound book. All 286 pages are present. Few soil marks throughout and age-browned. There are also a few cellotape repairs to the page margins to hold the pages in place. - END - Bonus: THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of Agatha Christie - Consists of 5 pages bound as an A4 report with a glossy image of Agatha Christie to the front. - The writing within is a bit faint in places but the majority is fine. I's a bonus for fun. - Thanks for your interest. The book will be posted in 1 to 2 days of purchase. Free worldwide postage.
Seller: Modern_First_Printings, EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom
Christie, Agatha. Cards on the Table. London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1936.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in black. Very good, with light fading to spine, mild soiling to cloth, light offsetting to endpapers, three ownership signatures to front free endpaper, and light spotting to pages (primarily edges). Overall, a very nice copy of a hard-to-find Christie title. Cards on the Table is a murder-mystery featuring Christie's fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in one of his most notable literary appearances. The plot tells of a bridge game hosted by collector Mr. Shaitana, who has invited eight guests to play in two separate games. The first game involves three detective figures, whom Christie had previously introduced in earlier novels, along with Poirot, while the second game involves four new characters, each of whom had previously committed a murder. When Shaitana is found dead, stabbed with a dagger from his own collection, Poirot teams up with the other sleuths in what he describes as "one of the most interesting cases I have ever come across." Cards on the Table represents Christie at her best; although she warns her reader in a brief foreword that this is not the typical detective story, she explains that "the deduction must, therefore, be entirely psychological" which she argues is "none the less interesting because when all is said and done it is the mind of the murderer that is of supreme interest."
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table, A Poirot Story. Collins, The Crime Club, London UK, 1936.
Price: US$1090.35 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: A rare first edition of Cards on the Table with a later 3rd impression dust jacket c. 1940's. Original orange boards with marks and wear to the boards and edges. Browned contents with spotting and marking within the text. The unclipped dust jacket is bright with light chipping to the spine ends and a few tiny tears to the rear cover. The jacket is slightly smaller than the book - see photos. 8vo 286pp.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1936.
Price: US$1218.62 + shipping
Description: A lovely and uncommon first edition copy of this exciting Agatha Christie novel, generally considered to be one of her best. The uncommon first edition, first impression.This novel was originally serialised in the US in 'The Saturday Evening Post' in six installments from May to June 1936, before being published in book form.An exciting and classic Hercule Poirot murder mystery, this particular novel being notable for having the first appearance of Ariadne Oliver in a Poirot novel.Written by the queen of crime fiction, Agatha Christie. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. A few spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Agatha Christi. Cards on the Table. The Crime Club, by Collins, London, 1936.
Price: US$1276.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An excellent copy of the first edition of this classic Agatha Christie title, in which four detectives and four suspects join together in a game of bridge. The first edition, first impression.This novel was originally serialised in the US in 'The Saturday Evening Post' in six instalments from May to June 1936, before being published in book form.One of Christie's most well-reviewed works, this tale features the recurring characters of Hercule Poirot, Colonel Race, Superintendent Battle and Ariadne Oliver, who play a game of bridge with four potential suspects at the home of Mr. Shaitana. At the end of dinner, Shaitana is found murdered, and the four detectives attempt to analyse the psychology of the suspects.Featuring the first appearance of Ariadne Oliver in a Poirot novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, exceptionally bright. Minor shelf wear to spine tail, with light bumping to back strip head. A touch of fading to back strip, with minor handling mark to front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. Collins Crime Club, London, 1936.
Price: US$8915.19 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom