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Christie, Agatha:. The Murder on the Links.. New York, Dodd Mead, 1923., 1923.

Price: US$662.66 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 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)

Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland

CHRISTIE, Agatha. THE MURDER ON THE LINKS. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head., 1923.

Price: US$4548.41 + shipping

Description: 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.

Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. The Murder on the Links. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1923.

Price: US$8771.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An early edition of Agatha Christie's scarce Poirot novel, 'The Murder on the Links'. Printed the same year as the first edition, this copy is in a bright condition. The second edition, printed the same year as the first.In the original art-nouveau linear design binding. With eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.'Murder on the Links' is Agatha Christie's third novel, and the second to feature Hercule Poirot.This novel features both Hercule Poirot and Captain Arthur Hastings. It is set in northern France and is told with Hastings as the narrator. Poirot is pitted against an unfriendly French police officer to solve a murder. This novel resulted in contemporary media favourably comparing Christie's Belgian detective to Sherlock Holmes due to his methods of detection. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the head and tail of spine as well as to the joints. Spine is slightly cocked. Former owner's inscription to the front pastedown, M Deuchar May 1924. Internally, binding is strained in several places. Pages are bright, with scattered spotting to the fore-edge. Affecting the occasional pages. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. The Murder on the Links. The Bodley Head, London, 1923.

Price: US$9421.71 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 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.

Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom

Christie, Agatha. The Murder on the Links. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1923.

Price: US$12000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 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.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.