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Agatha Christie. Murder is Easy. The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1939.
Price: US$442.73 + shipping
Description: The sought after first edition of this standalone Agatha Christie murder mystery. The first edition, first impression.A wonderful murder-mystery from the Queen of Crime, in which retired police officer Luke Fitzwilliam attempts to discover the identity of a serial killer who is active in a small village.A contemporary article in the New York Times Book Review remarked on this as 'one of Agatha Christie's best mystery novels, a story fascinating in its plot, clever and lively in its characters and brilliant in its technique'.With a former owner's inscription to the head of the title page.With two pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, exceptionally bright. A touch of fading to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Small closed tear to half title tail at gutter. Inscription to head of title page. Pages exceptionally bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Agatha Chrisite. Murder is Easy. The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1939.
Price: US$481.22 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An uncommon and sought after first edition of this gripping Agatha Christie murder mystery. The first edition, first impression of this work.A lesser known detective novel by Christie, concerning a retired police officer as he tries to find the identity of a serial killer active in a small village.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.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. A few light spots to the boards and spine. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in finely woven orange cloth stamped brightly with black lettering on the spine. A very good plus! copy; very clean and tight throughout; virtually unread. A fresh, crisp, unread copy. The spine is lightly sunned; orange being a fugitive color. However, a remarkably clean copy. Protected by a facsimile dust jacket. Murder Is Easy is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1939,[1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in September the same year under the title Easy to Kill.[2] Christie's Superintendent Battle has a cameo appearance at the end, but plays no part in either the solution of the mystery or the apprehension of the criminal. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6),[3] and the US edition at $2.[2] The novel concerns the efforts of a retired police officer, Luke Fitzwilliam, to discover the identity of a serial killer active in the village of Wychwood under Ashe. He learns that the series of deaths were mistaken for accidents by the locals, while the nobleman Lord Whitfield mysteriously attributes most of them to divine justice. (Wikipedia) First Edition with "Copyright,1939" at the bottom of the copyright page; and with"Printed in Great Britain" above it.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
CHRISTIE (Agatha). Murder is Easy. Collins, London, 1939.
Price: US$1090.78 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. 8vo. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full tan morocco, the covers with a gilt fillet border, the spine lettered and dated in gilt with one line panels and tooled bands, hand-marbled endleaves, all edges gilt.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Hull, Richard. And Death Came Too. Collins Crime Club, London, 1939.
Price: US$1251.18 + shipping
Description: (London: Published for THE CRIME CLUB by Collins 1939). First UK Edition. Publisher's orange boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. A private library stamp to the front paste-down (The Blue Jay/ Confectionery & Lending Library/ 4410 West 10th Avenue) and a neat number 4801 in biro to the front free end-paper. A VG copy. Foxing to the page block edges and the early pages of the book. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. In the VERY RARE dustwrapper with no price to the inside flap (denoting an export copy). The dustwrapper is in near fine condition and is complete. with a couple of very minor, closed tears and light foxing to the back panel. A very nice copy indeed. Exceedingly uncommon. Cover art by BARLOW. "A very clever murder mystery with lots of complications and clever twists" and "I can easily imagine Agatha Christie fans enjoying getting their teeth into And Death Came Too" (GoodReads). Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot's Christmas. The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1939.
Price: US$12640.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom