Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express – in dust-wrapper with wrap-around band – First UK Edition 1934
£37,500.00
London Collins [The Crime Club] 1934
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 a few very small stains to page edges. None of the usual heavy browning and creasing to the spine. Browning to the spine tips, otherwise an excellent copy indeed and without inscriptions. In the supplied, scarce second state dust wrapper priced at 3’6 and with the excessively scarce wrap-around band which has a neat repair. The wrapper is a superb example and has minimal wear to the spine tips and corners. Two small chips to the rear fold. Excessively scarce in the wrapper and with the band.
The classic detective novel, written by Christie and featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. A luxurious train journey 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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London Collins [The Crime Club] 1934
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 a few very small stains to page edges. None of the usual heavy browning and creasing to the spine. Browning to the spine tips, otherwise an excellent copy indeed and without inscriptions. In the supplied, scarce second state dust wrapper priced at 3’6 and with the excessively scarce wrap-around band which has a neat repair. The wrapper is a superb example and has minimal wear to the spine tips and corners. Two small chips to the rear fold. Excessively scarce in the wrapper and with the band.
The classic detective novel, written by Christie and featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot. A luxurious train journey 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
