Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Christie,Agatha. Murder in Three Acts. Dodd Mead & Company, Toronto, 1934.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: A fair to good orange hardcover with black titles. Red Badge Detective endpapers. Ex library. Missing both free endpapers. 1st Canadian Edition (Marked: Canadian Edition For Sale in Canada Only). Date stamp November 1934. Boards are rtubbed with most of title on spine rubbed out. Some moisture bubbling on back cover.
Seller: Nerman's Books & Collectibles, Pembina, ND, U.S.A.
Agatha Christie. Murder in the Calais Coach. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1934.
Price: US$51.23 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Second Edition. In a cream cloth hardcover with black titles to spine and front. No dust jacket. Blue illustrations to end papers. 302 pp. The book is in poor condition with quite heavy shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover especially the corners and head and tail of the spine; there is tanning and light marking of the cover, especially the spine. The hinges are cracked and the ffep and following advertising page are attached but loose. There is a dedication to the top of the ffep. One page is detached. There are very occasional minor marks to pages but generally they are clean.
Seller: Books for Amnesty Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Christie, Agatha. Murder In Three Acts. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1934.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: orange cloth binding with black lettering. page margin foxing. light top and bottom spine edge wear. light to moderate cover soiling
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Christie, Agatha. Murder in Three Acts ( Red Badge Detective ). Dodd, Mead, New York, NY, 1934.
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Dodd, Mead, New York, NY 1934. 2nd Printing. 279 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Fiction Modern::Crime/Mystery/Suspense 6037
Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
Christie, Agatha. MURDER IN THE CALAIS COACH. Dodd Mead, 1934.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second American Ed. Good/Fine condition, moderate over all wear to book, erasure marks to inside front cover and FEP. In fine condition facsimile dustjacket.
Seller: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Agatha Christie. Murder in Three Acts. Dodd, Mead, 1934.
Price: US$320.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Agatha Christie Murder in Three Acts. Dodd, Mead (1934). Hardcover. First American Edition. VG+ lacking dust jacket. Cloth is bright and clean, with only the slightest shelfwear and faint soil to the orange topstain to note. Binding is tight and square. A very presentable copy. See image.
Seller: Savage Lotus Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
CHRISTIE, AGATHA. Murder in Three Acts. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Black lettered Orange cloth. Orange top stain. US edition precedes the UK. Some darkening to cloth especially on spine and small stain on front panel o/w a very good copy with just some edgewear.
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Agatha Christie. Murder in the Calais Coach. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Printing in North America. 5.5 x 8in. vi. 302pp. Publisher's cloth boards. FAIR. Shows the edges shelf rubbed, boards darkened, the endpapers with the remnants of circulating library labels, otherwise the binding is strong and tight and the text is clean and unmarked. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Christie, Agatha. Murder In Three Acts. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$517.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 279 Pp. Orange Cloth Lettered In Black. First Printing, Preceding The Uk Edition. A Very Bright, Very Clean Very Good + Example, Slight Fading And Tiny Dig In Spine Cloth, Cloth And Topstain Immaculate, Endpapers Immaculate Except For Small Owner's Name (Laurence Martin), Hinges Tight, Pages Immaculate.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
CHRISTIE, AGATHA. Murder in the Calais Coach. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Black lettered light mustard cloth. Railway coach design to endpapers. Wear to edges o/w very sharp copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Agatha Christie. Murder in the Calais Coach. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1934.
Price: US$624.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: x-lib; internal spine library grey tape reinforced; inch tear taped at very bottom of title page; cover board shelf wear; dark spot top front cover board; pp. 115-122 pinched at center top; minor title page hole at center near spine; c1933; small sticker remains on page v at very bottom and former library stamp dated March 26 1934 at very top of contents page; This novel is the first American edition of "Murder On The Orient Express" used as a title in later editions; pages clean and in tact; gilt lettering on the spine; from the private collection of the seller; please contact for pictures; from the private collection of the seller; please contact for pictures.
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Agatha Christie. Murder In Three Acts. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$945.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition, preceeding the U.K. edition by 1 year. In a modern facsimile jacket. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth over boards with black lettering to the front and spine. Gentle ruubbing to edges, minor fraying at corners, slightly darkened spine. Solid binding with a very small lean. Original Red Badge endpapers. Top-stain orange and deckled long edge. The interior is free from bookplates, inscriptions, and markings; it is clean and bright. Pages:(8) 280 Dimensions:8 x 6 x 1¼.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$999.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - MR. PARKER PYNE DETECTIVE (published in the U.K. as "Parker Pyne Investigates"), published by Dodd Mead, copyright 1933 (copyright of the individual stories which were published in magazines), 1934 First Printing per date on title page (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page - there was never a 2nd Dodd Mead printing), lists to "Murder in the Calais Coach" on list of Christie books to pre-title page, red badge illustrated endpapers, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front panel, $2.00 price on DJ front flap. ONE OF THE RARER 1930s AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOKS. Book has no creased page corners (bump mark to last few top right page corners), no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, orange top stain is nice without drop spots (very slight fading only), barest hint of dust soiling to outer page edges which are still white (no age darkening), clean endpapers with no soiling or staining, no splitting to internal hinges (common defect with these early Dodd Mead books), no spine lean, no wear to board edges or board corners, or to spine tips (hint of shelf rubbing to bottom spine tip), no spine sun fading (common defect with this book - even with the original dust jacket), no rubbing to spine lettering, no handling/dust soiling to boards, no soiling or discoloration to boards, tiny bump along bottom edge to rear board, bumped board rear corner. Dust jacket has irregular chipping at spine tips, wear to flap creases (large nick losses at flap crease corners), hint of edge wear, very slight spine sun fadening, almost no wear to left/right on spine, no color rubbing to front panel, slight dust rubbing/age yellowing to off-white portion of rear panel, no soiling or staining. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG-/VG condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare early 1930s era Agatha Christie 1st printing. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.
Seller: Far North Collectible Books, Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.
Price: US$2401.62 + shipping
Description: [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[8] 279 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and publisher's decorated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced $2.00. Quite heavy wear to cloth at head of spine, otherwise crisp and clean internally. Jacket heavily sunned to front panel, with a red bleed mark to rear, and some light wear and chipping to edges. Very good. Published later in the UK as 'Three Act Tragedy'. Poirot is a dinner guest of Sir Charles Cartwright at his home in Cornwall, the stage is set when a fellow diner expires after sipping a cocktail.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$2881.94 + shipping
Description: [Murder Mystery cases] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.vi; 245 [5]. Publisher's bright orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Top edge orange, fore-edge untrimmed, and patterned endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at $2.00. A crisp, clean copy in a fresh dust-jacket with light wear to spine tips and corners. An exceptional copy, being rather uncommon in jacket. Near fine. A collection of twelve stories featuring Parker Pyne, consulting detective; curiously the eleventh episode is entitled "Death on the Nile", which should not to be confused with the famous Poirot novel published two years later.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Christie, Agatha. Murder in the Calais Coach. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first printing. vi, 302 pp. Bound in publisher's pale yellow cloth stamped in black. Front hinge starting, else Near Fine, name written on front free endpaper, in a Very Good dust jacket, well-worn and chipped along edges, rubbed, unclipped ($2.00). Very uncommon the pictorial dust jacket. A Hercule Poirot mystery better known as Murder on the Orient Express, the title of the British edition that preceded this American one by about two months. It also inspired multiple dramatic adaptations.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$10887.34 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom