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CHRISTIE, AGATHA. N OR M?. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1941.
Price: US$37.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp: 289. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Blue boards, with title and author name in dark blue frame. Top edge stained yellow, fore edge rough cut. The free endpapers, front and back, bear the 'Red Badge Detective' logo used by Dodd, Mead to identify the best mystery novels. Opposite the title page is an advert by the publisher for a contest rewarding new mystery stories. The novel first appeared in the US in a condensed version in the March 1941 issue of Redbook magazine. In this novel, Christie delved into the world of secret agents and spies. Christie herself was briefly investigated by British Intelligence as she used a name in the book that was relevant to a secret British operation. This is a very good copy that lacks the dust jacket. The blue of the spine has faded. The base of the spine is worn, and partially torn, but complete. There is a small stain on the top bard, and shelf wear. Internally, there is a gift inscription on the free endpaper dated in 1941. Both names have been blacked out with felt pen.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Christie, Agatha. N or M?. Dodd, Mead & Co, 1941.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth first edition has staining, soiling, and toning. Solid and square. No jacket. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Christie, Agatha. N or M?. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1941.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth with lettering on front and spine. Spine cloth sunned. Front and rear gutters slightly yellowed. Old price in ink on rear flyleaf. First American Edition.
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Christie, Agatha. N OR M?. Dodd, Mead, NEW YORK, 1941.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Former drugstore lending library copy in llightly worn and faded blue boards with pharmacy stamps, pocket and dates. Otherwise basically crisp and clean. An attractive vintage copy of this Tommy and Tuppence mystery.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
CHRISTIE, Agatha. N or M. A New Mystery by Agatha Christie. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1941.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Pp. 289. Bound in blue cloth stamped with darker blue lettering on front cover and spine. Lacking dust jacket. Spine faded with uneven fading to balance of cloth. Spine a bit cocked, which is firmed up with fitted archival sleeve. At fashionable seaside resort San Souci, amateur sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are engaged by British intelligence to identify "N and M," Nazi agents who have just assassinated Britain's finest intelligence officer. Among the colorful guests, who are N and M? Despite condition factors, book retains shelf appeal. HUBIN, p. 81.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Agatha Christie. N or M? - True Worldwide 1st printing. Dodd Mead, 1941.
Price: US$109.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - N OR M?, published by Dodd Mead, copyright 1941, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), red badge contest ad to left of title page, grey red badge illustrated endpapers, dark blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front panel. NOTE - THIS IS THE TRUE 1ST WORLDWIDE PRINTING (AS IT WAS RELEASED BEFORE THE UK COLLINS EDITION). Book has just a couple of creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, yellow top stain is nice without drop spots or fading, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no wear to board edges, hint of wear to board corners & to spine tip corners, slight spine sun fading, no rubbing to spine lettering, no dust/handling soiling to boards & spine, no bumped board corners. Book also comes with a color facsimile of the Dodd Mead Dust jacket to provide protection from damage and to improve its appearance on a shelf. Overall a VG+ book of rare WWII era Agatha Christie 1st printing book. 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.
Agatha Christie. The Patriotic Murders. Dodd Mead, 1941.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - THE PATRIOTIC MURDERS (published in the UK as "One Two Buckle My Shoe"), published by Dodd Mead, copyright 1940, 1941 (1st date is the UK copyright, the 2nd date is the U.S. copyright), First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), red badge contest ad to left of title page, grey red badge illustrated endpapers, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front panel. VERY DIFFICULT BOOK TO FIND WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET - ITS ACTUALLY EASIER TO FIND HER MID 1930s DODD MEAD 1STS IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET THAN IT IS TO FIND THIS BOOK IN AN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Book has no creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, hint of age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no fading to red top stain, no wear to board edges or board corner or to spine tips, no spine darkening, no rubbing to spine lettering, no dust/handling soiling to boards & spine, no bumped board corners. Dust jacket has chip at spine tips/bottom left on front panel with related crease at top left, top on rear panel and at top right on front flap, no other chipping, tearing or creasing, wear to spine tips, slight wear to front flap crease, slight edge wear (primarily along top edge on rear panel), almost no spine fade (common with this DJ - normally the red on the spine is found completely faded and the author lettering impossible to read), hint of color wear to left/right of spine, hint of color rubbing to rear panel only, almost dust rubbing to panels, no soiling or staining. Overall a N-FINE book in GD+/VG- condition dust jacket (price clipped) of rare WWII era Agatha Christie 1st printing book with original dust jacket. 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.
CHRISTIE, Agatha.. N or M?. London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1941, 1941.
Price: US$1288.26 + shipping
Description: First British edition, first impression, of the author's wartime spy thriller. The book takes its title from a catechism in the Book of Common Prayer which asks, "What is your Christian name? Answer N. or M." The novel is the first to feature mature versions of Christie's detectives Tommy and Tuppence, the crime-solving husband and wife who previously appeared in The Secret Adversary (1922) and Partners in Crime (1929). Published in Britain in November 1941, the book was originally published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company earlier the same month. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked, extremities bumped, board edges lightly sunned, top edge faintly foxed, contents clean; spine of dust jacket toned, extremities slightly worn with a few small chips, faint damp stain to verso, unclipped: a very good copy in good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHRISTIE, Agatha.. N or M?. London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1941, 1941.
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: First British edition, first impression, of the author's wartime spy thriller, a bright copy in the dust jacket. The book takes its title from a catechism in the Book of Common Prayer which asks, "What is your Christian name? Answer N. or M." The novel is the first to feature mature versions of Christie's detectives Tommy and Tuppence, the crime-solving husband and wife who previously appeared in The Secret Adversary (1922) and Partners in Crime (1929). Published in Britain in November 1941, the book was originally published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company earlier the same month. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black. With dust jacket. Contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper. Spine bumped, extremities lightly rubbed, a few tiny marks to edges, contents clean; dust jacket price-clipped, a little creased at edges with a couple of small nicks, rear panel rubbed, trace of sticker removal to front flap, otherwise bright: a very good copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
CHRISTIE, Agatha. N OR M?. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company., 1941.
Price: US$4830.99 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of this Tommy and Tuppence mystery. Publisher's original blue cloth with dark blue titles to the upper board and spine, in the Leo Manso illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge yellow. Fore-edge untrimmed. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the blank front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the spectacularly attractive dustwrapper that has a single short closed tear to the rear panel and is otherwise as bright and fresh as the day it was published. Not price-clipped ($2.00 to the upper front flap). The American edition precedes the first British publication. (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