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London, UK: Hamlyn, 1970. 1st Thus 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st thus. 544p. In black cloth boards with gilt and red decorations and lettering, red blocked spine labels, top edge sprayed red, decorative headband, orange endpapers (boards are strong, bright and clean, with smooth edges and sharp corners). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (very gently bumped on corners and spine ends, faded titles on a sunned spine as typical for this edition, perhaps a tad discoloured). Dust jacket now protected in an archival quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. A pleasing volume from the Agatha Christie Crime Collection. 8vo. The Agatha Christie Crime Collection, issued by Hamlyn Publishing Group in the late 1960s and early 1970s, is a definitive collected edition of Christie's crime fiction, including her short stories, up to the publication of Nemesis in 1972. Each volume contains three of her detective fiction novels. Issued by Hamlyn on by monthly subscription only and was not sold through bookshops. The set was nicely produced, with each volume featuring golden dagger over Christie's initials on the front panel, coloured endpapers, sprayed edges and encased in period dust jackets, each one featuring a element of one of the three mysteries. Some of those in the series are now hard to find especially, it is said, some of the later issues, as subscriptions to the series fell off towards the end. We have several volumes from this series in stock and offer generous discounts to those purchasing more than one volume at a time - please inquire.

London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2012. [Crime fiction] FACSIMILE EDITION, first thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.248 [8]. Publisher's red paper over boards, with black titles to spine and upper. With the illustrated typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. A touch of spotting and toning to top edge, otherwise a crisp, near fine copy. A Hercule Poirot mystery: When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, a guard attempts to wake serene Ruth Kettering from her slumbers. But she will never wake again, for a heavy blow has killed her, disfiguring her features almost beyond recognition. What is more, her priceless rubies are missing.

HarperCollins, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Ed Thus. Second ed. thus. Facsimile first ed. Fine/Fine condition. Includes "belly band" around dustjacket..

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1961 . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. An attractive 1961 edition of Agatha Christie's entertaining murder mystery, which was first published in 1928. A 1961 edition of this novel, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A price label to the dust wrapper front flyleaf notes 'First Cheap Edition 7/6 Net'. This is not, however, the first cheap edition of the novel; a late 1920s cheap edition was produced by the 'Bob Novels' series.This novel features Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot and is set on the French Riviera. The novel concerns the murder of an American heiress on Le Train Bleu, the titular "Blue Train". In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Chipping and small losses to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Handling marks to tail of rear wrap, with small closed tear to head of rear wrap. Light rubbing to front wrap tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine

London: Collins, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An early edition of Agatha Christie's Poirot story 'The Mystery of the Blue Train'. The first edition, twelfth impression. Issued seven years after the true first. Understandably lacking the very scarce original dustwrapper.A very early edition of this important Poirot novel in the Christie canon. Agatha Christie is known as the queen of Crime Fiction. She wrote during the Golden Age of the genre and created beloved detectives such as Hercule Poirot with his 'little grey cells' and the inquisitive elderly sleuth Miss Marple. The pages are unusually clean. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light rubbing to he joints and extremities. Minor bumping to the bottom of board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Minor offsetting to the endpapers. Small ink mark to the bottom edge. Pages are clean. Very Good Indeed

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972. A set of 24 volumes in dust wrappers. All in very good condition with top stains intact. A lovely set.

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5.5". None. An exceptional copy of the first US edition of this early Christie, complete in a lovely example of the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first US edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. First published in the UK earlier the same year. In the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper, with correct $2.00 price. The dust wrapper has benefitted from sensitive restoration.A gripping Hercule Poirot murder mystery, set on le Train Bleu to the French Riviera, on which a woman is found strangled, and the famous ruby she owned is discovered to be missing.An exceptional copy of this early Poirot, written by the Queen of Detective Fiction. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition, with just minor bumping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine, causing minor splitting to the cloth to the back strip. The odd mark to the boards, including scattered white spotting to rear board. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, and has benefitted from sensitive restoration to joints, fore edge, head and foot and a small portion or restoration to upper panel. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just marginal age toning and the odd spot. Very Good Indeed