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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

Clamshell Box for The Mystery of the Blue Train. Quarter blue leather with chemise. Five raised bands with gold lettering to the spine. Used once. A wonderful production for your first edition of The Mystery of the Blue Train. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: W. Collins Sons & Co LTD, 1929. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. An early impression of Christie's sixth novel to feature the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, the fifth impression, printed the year after the first. The fifth impression, printed in March 1929. The first edition was printed in March 1928.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...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.Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the spine, and to the boards. Spine is a little discoloured. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small closed tear to the tail of the spine. A few spots to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good

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