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Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide. The Crime Club, Collins, 1945.

Price: US$30.02 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1945. No Edition Remarks. 160 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Orange cloth covered boards with gilt. This is a rebound ex library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Minor pencil marking to end-papers. Front free end paper excised. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Cloth has notable damp and dust stains, particularly to rear. Book has a moderate forward lean.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide. 1945 First NZ Edition.. Collins Crime Club, 1945.

Price: US$61.72 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie. Publisher: Collins Crime Club, Auckland, circa 1945/6, First New Zealand Edition, First printing. Good hardback, red cloth boards are rubbed, marked, bumped and faded, and has a forward lean. Signature to ffep. Pages are lightly tanned with some foxing to edges. Binding firm.

Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide. Collins Crime Club, 1945.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Scarce title in first edition with dustjacket. Ex-library, has the usual tape marks to flaps of dustwrapper, and library stamps on front and rear endpapers. Internally occasional spotting from age. 160pp. Octavo, 19cm x 13cm.

Seller: Wordlife books, Earlwood, NSW, Australia

AGATHA CHRISTIE.. SPARKLING CYANIDE.. Collins Crime Club., LONDON., 1945.

Price: US$123.46 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good copy in a facsimile dust wrapper. 160 pages with a hint of foxing. No inscriptions, tears or loss. Dated 1945 on the copyright page first UK edition. Outer red boards have a ring stain on the front and fade to the spine. Dusty rear. Comes with a precise facsimile copy of the original dust jacket.

Seller: Baggins Books and Collectables, Bushey Heath, HERTS, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide 1st Edition 1st Imp, 1945, Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club. Collins Crime Club, 1945.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Sparkling Cyanide 1st Edition 1st Impression, 1945, Agatha Christie, Collins Crime Club Original dust jacket, not price clipped, with closed tears and losses, tape repair verso to bottom of spine. Gift inscription to front free end paper. Light foxing to text block edges. We are always interested in buying books by J R R Tolkien, C S Lewis and Lewis Carroll, from individual titles to complete collections.

Seller: Berrishill Books, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide - UK 1st w/Dust Jacket Not Price Clipped. Collins (U.K.), 1945.

Price: US$274.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - SPARKLING CYANIDE published by Collins, copyright 1945, FIRST PRINTING (says "Copyright -- Printed in Great Britain -- 1945" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings, lists to "Death Comes As The End" on list of Christie books to left of title page, redish orange boards with black lettering on spine, correct 1st state DJ with blank rear flap and generic Christie reviews to rear panel, and 8s. 6d. net price on DJ front flap (later state DJs had a lower price point). Book has no creased page corners, no former ownership markings or used book store marks/stamps/stickers inside, scotch tape residue mark at front internal hinge (tape long since fallen off) otherwise clean endpapers with no markings, no foxing to pages or endpapers or outer page edges, slight age darkening/dust soiling to outer page edges, no spine lean, tight white pages with sharp corners, no wear to board edges or corners or spine tips, very slight spine sun darkening, hint of dust/handling soiling to boards otherwise no soiling or stains, no wear/loss to black spine lettering. Dust jacket missing lower half of spine (copied DJ has been laid in loose behind the DJ inside the DJ protector to improve shelf appearance), sliver loss at top of spine otherwise no chipping, tearing, or creasing, slight wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), slight spine sun darkening, slight dust soiling to white rear panel (very common defect with this DJ) otherwise no soiling or staining to panels, hint of edge wear. Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in GD+ condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare WW II era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing 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.

AGATHA CHRISTIE.. SPARKLING CYANIDE.. Collins Crime Club., London., 1945.

Price: US$363.87 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very nice copy in its original un restored dust wrapper. 160 pages. Previous owners name on rear of front boards. Light foxing. Dated 1945 UK first edition. The outer red boards have scuffs to the spine tips only. The wrapper is complete and shows a price of 8s 6d net on the front flap. Scuffs to tips. Creases along the top. Dusty rear panel.

Seller: Baggins Books and Collectables, Bushey Heath, HERTS, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide with Bonus: THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of Agatha Christie. CRIME CLUB, UK, 1945.

Price: US$383.37 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie, published by The Crime Club in 1945. This is a first edition and a first printing. The dustjacket is a facsimile of the first impression and retains the price on the inner prelim. It is printed on acid free paper and enclosed in a durable plastic archival sleeve for longevity and future protection. The orange boards are in a fairly good condition. Title and other lettering to the spine is in a good order.The orange cloth boards are in a fairly good condition. Title and other lettering to the spine is in a good order. Boards are soiled in general. Bumped corners. Apart from age-toned browning, the 160 pages and all are clean and tightly bound.- Apart from age-toned browning, the 160 pages and all are clean and tightly bound. - 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.

Seller: Modern_First_Printings, EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976). Sparkling Cyanide. London: For the Crime Club by Collins, 1945, 1945.

Price: US$422.35 + shipping

Description: [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth with titles in black to spine. Illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8s.6d. No inscriptions. Jacket shows general wear, chipped at foot of spine, tear to joint backed with a strip of clear tape, some toning to spine. A used yet presentable copy. "A year ago, seven people sat down to dinner. One of them, Rosemary Barton, never got up." 'Sparkling Cyanide' is an expansion of a Hercule Poirot short story entitled 'Yellow Iris'. It is one of four cases featuring the British former MI5 agent Colonel Johnny Race, who first appeared in 'The Man In the Brown Suit'(1924), and had partnered Poirot in 'Cards on the Table'(1936) and 'Death On the Nile'(1937). Published in December 1945, following the US first edition (as 'Remembered Death') in February.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976). Sparkling Cyanide. London: Collins Crime Club, 1945, 1945.

Price: US$513.32 + shipping

Description: [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Elegantly hand-bound in half burgundy calf over cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in a striking recent leather binding. "A year ago, seven people sat down to dinner. One of them, Rosemary Barton, never got up." 'Sparkling Cyanide' is an expansion of a Hercule Poirot short story entitled 'Yellow Iris'. It is one of four cases featuring the British former MI5 agent Colonel Johnny Race, who first appeared in 'The Man In the Brown Suit' (1924), and had partnered Poirot in 'Cards on the Table'(1936) and 'Death On the Nile'(1937). Published in December 1945, following the US first edition (as 'Remembered Death') the previous February. Wagstaff & Poole p197. Cooper & Pike; Detective Fiction p82-89.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Christie, Agatha. Sparkling Cyanide. Collins Crime Club, London, 1945.

Price: US$649.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publisher's red cloth titled in black. Faintly canted, cloth lightly edgeworn, trace soil to block edge. The DJ in mylar is edge-creased with small edge tears, mild soil, rubbing. Flap price 8/6. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

CHRISTIE AGATHA. SPARKLING CYANIDE (FIRST - COPYRIGHT U.K. EDITION). The Crime Club - Collins, 1945.

Price: US$673.80 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: RO60065878: 1945. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 160 pages. Jaquette abîmée avec manque sur le bord supérieur. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide. The Crime Club, Collins, London UK, 1945.

Price: US$688.76 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Original red cloth boards with light fading to the edges and spine. Bookplate and ink dedication on the front free and pastedown. Ink numbers written on the copyright page. Age toned pages on clean condition. Rubbed unclipped dust jacket with chipping, small tears and loss the spine ends.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide. The Crime Club by Collins, London UK, 1945.

Price: US$766.73 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original red cloth boards with black lettering. Light fading/light wear on the lower and upper edge. Clean end papers. Hinge lightly split on pages 48/9. Clean contents. Dust jacket with chipping, light loss and wear to the edges. Tears to the spine and rear. Price clipped.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. SPARKLING CYANIDE. Crime Club by Collins, 1945.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard cover book. 1945 published with very scarce 4/6d dust jacket. Dust jacket still has 4/6d price corner and is protected with light wear. Pages are clean ,bright and tight.No name or inscription. Images available.

Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom

Christie, Agatha. Sparkling Cyanide. London Collins 1945, 1945.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1945. A near fine (or better) book without inscriptions - some spotting to the top edge. In a very good unclipped wrapper which has a little wear and light chipping to the spine tips and corners. Small rubbed patch to front panel. The plot of this novel is an expansion of a Hercule Poirot short story entitled "Yellow Iris".

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Agatha Christie. Sparkling Cyanide. The Crime Club / Collins, London, 1945.

Price: US$1293.05 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: HARDBACK - A near fine book tightly bound in the publisher's red cloth boards with black lettering to the spine. The boards are very clean indeed with no fading to the spine, save for a one milimeter strip to the top of the spine. Internally, the pages are clean with just a hint of foxing to the page block, but with no foxing inset. There is a small name present to the top corner of the front paste down. The dust wrapper is also in near fine condition with a touch of rubbing to the spine tips, but with no loss or tears. A very attractive period dust wrapper that has been extremely well preserved with the publishers printed price of 8s.6d.net present to the front flap.

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