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Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express – First UK Edition 1934
£12,500.00
A first edition, first printing of ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ by Agatha Christie, published by Collins [The Crime Club] in 1934. A very good copy with spotting and browning to page edges and scattered spotting to the pages. None of the usual browning and creasing to the spine. Browning to the spine tips, otherwise an excellent copy indeed. Complete with the exceedingly scarce wrap-around band, declaring the book to be ‘Book of the Month’. Small repair to the fore-edge. Becoming scarce and the first time we have handled a copy with the are band. The classic detective novel, written by Christie and featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot.
A luxurious train journey on the Orient Express turns sinister when a wealthy American, Samuel Ratchett, is found murdered in his compartment, stabbed multiple times. As the train is stranded by a snowstorm, Poirot investigates the passengers, uncovering hidden connections and motives. The plot twists reveal Ratchett was a fugitive involved in a child kidnapping and murder. In a dramatic conclusion, Poirot discovers all the passengers conspired to kill Ratchett as an act of justice. The novel is celebrated for its ingenious resolution and moral complexity.
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A first edition, first printing of ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ by Agatha Christie, published by Collins [The Crime Club] in 1934. A very good copy with spotting and browning to page edges and scattered spotting to the pages. None of the usual browning and creasing to the spine. Browning to the spine tips, otherwise an excellent copy indeed. Complete with the exceedingly scarce wrap-around band, declaring the book to be ‘Book of the Month’. Small repair to the fore-edge. Becoming scarce and the first time we have handled a copy with the are band. The classic detective novel, written by Christie and featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot.
A luxurious train journey on the Orient Express turns sinister when a wealthy American, Samuel Ratchett, is found murdered in his compartment, stabbed multiple times. As the train is stranded by a snowstorm, Poirot investigates the passengers, uncovering hidden connections and motives. The plot twists reveal Ratchett was a fugitive involved in a child kidnapping and murder. In a dramatic conclusion, Poirot discovers all the passengers conspired to kill Ratchett as an act of justice. The novel is celebrated for its ingenious resolution and moral complexity.
See more Agatha Christie first editions here
