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Agatha Christie. Towards Zero. The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1944.
Price: US$125.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of an uncommon and sought after murder mystery by the queen of the genre, Agatha Christie. The first edition of this work.A lesser known and much sought after Agatha Christie novel, the last of her books to feature the Superintendent Battle.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.Lacking the original dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, lacking the original dust wrapper. Externally, boards are a little faded, with heavier fading to the spine. A few small marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm, rear hinge is starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional spot. Prior owner's pencil marks to the list of author's works, crossing off titles. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976). Towards Zero. London: Collins, 1944, 1944.
Price: US$192.30 + shipping
Description: [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION, Crime Club Edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine. No ink inscriptions, contents clean, some general wear to covers, spine a little sunned and marked; very good. 'Towards Zero' marks the fifth and final appearance of Hercule Poirot's trusty ally Superintendent Battle, who must work hard to solve the murder of Lady Tresillian. This book was published for the Crime Club.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Christie (Agatha). Towards Zero.. The Crime Club by Collins, 1944.
Price: US$237.17 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, one leaf with light crease to top corner, pp. 160, crown 8vo, original orange cloth, backstrip lettered in black and slightly faded with gentle lean to spine, corners a little pushed, the cloth grubby overall, top edge dustsoiled, dustjacket supplied, this price-clipped and a little chipped at extremities, good.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$243.58 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: TOWARDS ZERO 1944 1st edition, 1st impression, original dust jacket, Agatha Christie No foxing, stains, inscriptions or signatures, text clean. Covers and spine good. Original dust jacket, closed tears and chipping, not price clipped. 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
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Description: [Crime Mystery] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 160 [2]. Recently bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Lightly trimmed for binding. Paper slightly toned as usual. A crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. 'Towards Zero' marks the fifth and final appearance of Hercule Poirot's trusty ally Superintendent Battle, who must work hard to solve the murder of Lady Tresillian.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
AGATHA CHRISTIE.. TOWARDS ZERO.. Collins Crime Club., LONDON., 1944.
Price: US$288.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy in its original dust wrapper. 159 age appropriate pages with no inscriptions, loss or foxing.Dated 1944 on the copyright page. No other dates mentioned. First UK edition. Outer orange boards show minor discolour to the binding with pushes to the spine tips. The wrapper shows the correct price of 7s 6d net on the front flap. Small loss at base of spine now covered by an exact copy of the first to cover this loss. Shows correct issue with the small illustration of a bell on the spine (omitted on reprints). Becoming more difficult to find.
Seller: Baggins Books and Collectables, Bushey Heath, HERTS, United Kingdom
Christie (Agatha). Towards Zero. Collins Crime Club, London, 1944.
Price: US$512.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, the correct issue with the small illustration of a bell on the spine - omitted on reprints. Near fine, no inscriptions in publisher's red cloth in VG++ price clipped dust-wrapper designed by J.Z. Atkinson, minute wear at spine tips but overall a superb example. Jacket artwork by J.Z. Atkinson. An uncommonly good first edition of this Superintendent Battle title, the white jacket notoriously prone to tarnishment. Lady Tressilian invites her ward for his annual visit at Gull's Point. He insists on bringing both his former wife and his present wife, though Lady Tressilian finds this awkward. Her old friend Treves dies, then she is murdered as well; Superintendent Battle and his nephew are called in.
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Agatha Christie. Towards Zero. The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1944.
Price: US$890.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first UK edition of Queen of Crime Agatha Christie's celebrated work of detective fiction, 'Towards Zero'. The first UK edition, first impression of this work, published one month after the US first edition.In the price unclipped first issue dust wrapper, with bell illustration to back strip.A lesser known and much sought after Agatha Christie novel, the last of her books to feature the Superintendent Battle.Contemporary reviews of the novel were overwhelmingly positive, with the Observer noting in 1944 that 'the new Agatha Christie has a deliciously prolonged and elaborate build-up, urbane and cosy like a good cigar and red leather slippers', and that Christie is 'keeping the flag of the old classic who-dun-it triumphantly flying!'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to spine head, with fading to head and tail of back strip, and board heads. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip and wrap perimeters. Mark to front wrap. Chipping to back strip tail, with minor losses and a small closed tear to back strip head. Marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, but clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Christie, Agatha. Towards Zero.. Collins Crime Club, London, 1944.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this classic Agatha Christie title and one of her favorites. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Agatha Christie was an English writer and known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Christie also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six rejections, but this changed when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring Hercule Poirot, was published in 1920. During the Second World War she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, during the Blitz and acquired a good knowledge of poisons which featured in many of her subsequent novels. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author â" having been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Christie, Agatha. Towards Zero. Collins Crime Club, London, 1944.
Price: US$1922.98 + shipping
Description: (London: Published for THE CRIME CLUB by Collins 1944). First UK Edition. Publisher's orange boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards mottled. No inscription overall a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is a lovely fine example; its only very minor blemish is just a hint of toning to the spine. The dustwrapper has had no restoration and is a lovely example. An unusually nice copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom