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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. An exceptional signed association copy of this thrilling standalone novel, by the Queen of Detective Fiction, Agatha Christie. The first edition of the work. With a dedication from Christie to the front free endpaper reading: 'Carlo from Agatha' From the library of Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher with her bookplate to front paste down. Hired as a governess for her daughter Rosalind, Fisher would later work as Christie's secretary, transcribing a number of her novels, notably The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, considered the turning point in her literary career. The pair soon became close friends, with Fisher acting as one of very few true confidantes for the often reclusive and shy Agatha.  The association of this work is not simply that of an employee of Christie, but of her closest and longest standing friend. An exceptional copy of this work with a personal association from the… Read More

UK: The Crime Club, Collins, 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1961. A fine copy. Neat contemporary date inscription to ffep. No foxing or toning, contents unblemished throughout. In original fine dust jacket with no creasing, tears or fading. Not price clipped. An excellent copy.

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol, moustache and knitting needles tooled as the four corner-pieces, all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. Internally clean and bright. A fine copy in a handsome leather binding. A masterful 'strange tale' in which 'The Pale Horse' is the name of both the village pub and a secret organisation which kills by black magic. The successful crime writer Ariadne Oliver (an exaggerated version of Christie herself) is called in to unravel the mysterious happenings... This is the final case (and perhaps the best) for Mrs. Oliver, who first appears with Parker Pyne in two short stories, and in seven full-length novels (six of them with the great detective… Read More

Collins, London., 1961. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with one tiny nick. An exemplary copy.

Collins Crime Club. First UK edition published  by Collins Crime Club in 1961. This is a near fine copy. The wrapper and book are both in excellent condition. Both clean with minimal handling wear. No bumps or rubbing and no previous owners ink. There are no foxing marks. The wrapper has been price clipped. Overall a near fine copy. [Wagstaff & Poole p213]  . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1961.

London, Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. . First edition, first impression; 8vo (19 x 13 cm); gift inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, old glue residue to endpapers, prelims, and dustjacket flaps; publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black with publisher's device, original unclipped typographic dustjacket, small closed tear to front cover top margin, corners and spine ends slightly frayed, 256pp. The first edition of this tale of apparent black magic and prophecy, a classic in the detective fiction genre mastered by Agatha Christie.In The Pale Horse, a dying woman, Mrs Davis, gives her last confession to Father Gorman, revealing a terrible secret and list of names. Before he can take action, the priest is struck dead in fog. As the police begin to investigate, a young hero begins to piece together evidence that sets him upon a converging path.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1961. First edition, first printing. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper has some slight closed tearing at the corners and some very light shelf wear at the spine tips. It has not been price clipped. There is a short scuff mark mid-way down the backstrip. The boards are free from notable chips and marks through slightly bumped at the corners. This copy is free from inscriptions and is, overall, in very good (or better) condition.

London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None . A very smart first edition of Agathe Christie's thrilling murder mystery, with a somewhat supernatural theme. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price clipped dust wrapper.Christie's thrilling mystery follows the narrator Mark Easterbrook as he investigates a list of names and the death of a Catholic Priest. With a small appearance from Christie's novelist detective Ariadne Oliver.This novel is notable among Christie's books as it is credited with having saved at least two lives, after readers recognised the symptoms of thallium poisoning from the description in the book. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Bumped to back strip head, otherwise externally excellent. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper rear wrap age toned, with significant spotting. Amateur restorations to dust wrapper back… Read More

London: Collins Crime Club, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 256pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in red cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with gentle bumping to spine ends and tips. No interior toning or spotting though there is a faint sticker ghost on the front paste-down. Very attractive unfaded and unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, has a tiny closed edge-tear on the rear panel and a few rubs to edges. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. The jacket is unpriced as it was one that would have been shipped to other countries in the British Empire that would have affixed a price sticker in its own currency. (This is likely the cause of the sticker ghost mentioned above. It is NOT a Book Club Edition. British BCE's are produced in a completely different manner than American BCE's but that is another topic. A quite sharp collectable copy at a great price.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1961. First edition, first printing. Published by Collins in London, 1961. A very good copy. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped, displaying the original 15s. Some wear to the spine tips and corners. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are bright and white, some heavy foxing to the page edges. No inscriptions within. Overall, this is a very good copy.

Folio Society,, 2023. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 6 illustrations; pictorial boards, black cloth back lettered in gilt and silver, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to the corner tips and spine ends, some light stains to the rear panel, closed tear to the lower rear panel. (30898). Octavo, boards. Mystery novel concerning a mysterious in, The Pale Horse. Ariadne Oliver makes an appearance in this book. Filmed as both a a made for television movie and television mini-series. Hubin, p. 164.

Crime Club Collins London. HBDJ, 1961, 1st edition,Orange Cloth lettered on spine in Black, PC, Minor Rub, Wear , tiny chips DJ & small mended Tear, Interior minor occasional Fox , Nice, Tight, Clean, Small Stain Back DJ, 256 p gs, VG-/VG-, A.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; bound in full red cloth covered boards; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some toning, staining, foxing and edge wear to jacket. Interior is evenly toned throughout with slight foxing to end pages. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo. 8 1/4"h x 5 3/4"w.

London: The Crime Club / Collins, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Small dampstains at the corners of boards and endpapers, tiny stain on bottom edge, very good in a moderately edgeworn, good only dust jacket with corresponding dampstains on the front and rear panels, a small tear at the foot of the spine, and an inked notation on the rear panel.

A fine first printing copy in a fine DJ but for a tiny tear at the bottom of the spine. Feels unread.

London: Collins Crime Club. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's red cloth with black titles. Mild foxing/soil to block edge. Very faint mottling to cloth else tight and square. The price clipped DJ in mylar is damped to interior, being slightly visible on exterior; mildly soiled. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Collins Crime Club, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. First Edition, The Book Is Clean In Very Good Condition, No Remarks Or Highlights Inside. 256 Pages With The Index. Hardcover, Price Clipped Dust Jacket. Printed In The Uk 1962. 2Nd Printing. The Dust Jacket Has Small Tears.- We can ship from Canada and the USA, based on your address. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.

Dodd Mead, 1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Ed Thus. First American ed. Good/Good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, top and bottom edges of dustjacket crinkled and with small chips..

London: Collins, 1961. 1st edition. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 256pp., Light spotting to end papers o/w a nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket with minimal chipping at edges