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Christie, Agatha : The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1926

the jacket is a colour facsimile which presents well. the boards are blue with red trim. they are very marked and worn especially the spine. this will be covered by the jacket. the binding has been repaired and is good. the book has light foxing especially on the page edges.there are no inscriptions. the copyright page states 'copyright 1926' there is no mention of subsequent printings.. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

First Edition.

CHRISTIE Agatha : The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Collins, London, 1950

12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) NINETEENTH IMPRESSION of first edition ( after 1926 first impression), red cloth with black titling and Crime Club logo to spine, light handling soiling to boards, pen inscription to fep, lean to spine, 312pp, unclipped DW, spine chipped at corners and with loss of CRIME CLUB to tail, some edge chipping, same format as original issue, with the DW by Ellen Edwards, but much later. Illustr.: Ellen Edwards. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Good

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CHRISTIE**, AGATHA: : THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD

LONDON.COLLINS,1926.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[True 1st edn in the book's ORIGINAL boards and not recased,not rebound - but as it was genuinely and originally published and is therefore unadulterated.] VG+. Owner's black ink name+address to ffe.Blue cloth boards,with bright,crisp,blocked red ink double-lined bordered edges to upper board; bright, crisp,blocked capitalised red ink lettered title+author within the bordered front cover, similarly lettered+coloured lettering to spine/ backstrip,along with publisher's capitalised, red-lettered name and red illustrated colophon, to foot of same; rear plain and undecorated. Minimally rubbed,shelf-worn edges,with some minimal fading to same.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip lightly creased and slightly darkened. Top+fore-edges unusually,are very lightly aged/ toned - but remarkably - are virtually foxing/ spotting-free with very little other blemish to them.Very little,sporadic,random spotting/foxing internally,though there are two small spots (grease?) on pp21/22 which have bled through each direction to pp17 and to pp25 respectively. To pp147/8 there is a little light crease to page edge and same to following page (pp149/50) but with a miniscule closed tear.Although described hard but fairly and honestly,otherwise it is still a solid and a sound copy. Author's seventh mystery novel and the third to feature Hercule Poirot. Regarded by many authorities to be the finest and most controversial of her works,this was her first work for Collins,June,1926.Collins, published all the British first editions of her work with the exception of four; 'The Underdog', 'The Floating Admiral','The Hound of Death' and 'The Scoop and Behind the Screen' - and well over seventy books. 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' was also the first of Agatha Christie's books to be dramatised - under the name 'Alibi' - and to have a successful run in the West End where it gave Charles Laughton,in the role of Poirot,one of his first leading parts in the London theatre.Lord Mountbatten is said to have suggested the plot. This story was narrated by the trusted Dr Sheppard,who replaces Hastings as 'Boswell' to Poirot's 'Johnson'.The New York Tribune called the solution 'startling',while on the other hand,The Daily Sketch although thought it 'the best thriller ever',called it 'unforgivable'. Christie was defended by Dorothy L.Sayers on the ethics of this novel's famous denouement pointing out that 'it's the reader's business to suspect everybody'. Regarded as Christie's 'tour de force',it breaks away from the conventions of detective story writing as they were in the 1920's and became the turning point in her career.As all the world knows,the murder was committed by . . . no,one mustn't tell, as there could be someone,somewhere who doesn't know.If you've never done so,read it and find out.And then read it again,for a second time to see how the murderer's tracks are masterfully obscured.CC.] Would make an important and welcome addition to the Christie canon for any collector. Want more AGATHA CHRISTIE titles? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogues.View my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other classic books,literature and suggested reading in it. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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