CHRISTIE, Agatha. THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY. Collins, London, 1942.

Price: US$46.43 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Head and tail of spine and board edges worn. Boards are rubbed, stained and discoloured. Spine is sunned. Corners of boards are bumped. Book is on lean. Page edges foxed, discoloured and stained, with 'KILCOUR' written on side edge. Pages are browned and discoloured, many pages contain foxing and/or staining. Some pages are creased. Binding is loose. Inscription in black in on front free endpaper, presumably from previous owner, dated 1943. Hinge separation between front board and front free endpaper, paper of pastedown curling away from spine. The same at back board. Pages are thumbed, else this book is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

Seller: Uncle Peter's Books, Clunes, NSW, Australia

Christie, Agatha. The Body in the Library. The Crime Club / Collins, London / Sydney, 1942.

Price: US$464.25 + shipping

Description: 1st Australian edition, octavo, pp.vi, 198, prev. owner's inscr to upper t.p., sl. cocked, lacking ffep, front hinge starting, pages tanned (as usual for war-time publication), bookseller's ticket (Book Lovers' Book Store, Perth, Western Australia) to lower front paste-down, original orange cloth bds. in lightly chipped and closed tear to lower price-clipped protected dust-jacket, with some fishing to rear with little loss of text. Very good condition. Very scarce first Australian edition published same year as first US and UK editions. Collins to lower book spine and 'The Crime Club' to lower d.j. spine. A list of author's 3 latest titles on rear d.j. flap, all printed in 1941 with no references to subsequent printings. The novel features the author's fictional amateur detective, Miss Marple.

Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia