Five Little Pigs, First Edition (18 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. William Teason (cover) (illustrator). First Thus. A 1st print (stated) of the 2nd Dell edition of an early 1940s Hercule Poirot mystery. Dell D384. Reprints Dell # 671. Light edge wear. Reading creases to the covers. Light browning to the pages. A good to very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+/VG/ND. y First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp. SOFTBACK "SIGNATURE EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2007* Publisher: Harper Collins for The Book People.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Slight creases to spine & hinge. Spine has slight dish & lean. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no visible faults. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 336 pp. text.* Product Description:- Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Gree (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind.* This is a NEAR VG+ copy of the 1st. thus 1st. impression, with minimal shelf wear and slight ageing reducing it to VG.* 2007-11-14. n.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good tight condition, foxing on fore edge, free front end page missing, owners signature on half title page, wear and some tears to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: F/VG++/ND. y 1st Thus. HARDBACK ?VOLUME 29 IN THE AGATHA CHRISTIE COLLECTION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2002-2004* Publisher:- Planet Three Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Grey paper covered boards with small inset colour vignette to the front board, gilt titles to face and to black spine strip. Very slight rubbing to spine gilding. No shelf wear to boards or marks to covers. VG++. * Jacket condition: No dust wrapper, (as issued).* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned and coloured end papers (light grey marbling). Clean, crisp tight and bright with no reading wear, marks to text or age to page margins & edges, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 219 pp. text. vi pp. blank at rear.* Product Description: This was first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in May 1942 under the title of "Murder In Retrospect" and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1943 although some sources state that publication occurred in November 1942. The book features detective Hercule Poirot investigating five people about a murder committed sixteen years earlier. Caroline Crale died in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murdering her husband, Amyas Crale, by poisoning him. In her final letter from prison, she claims to be innocent of the murder. Her daughter Carla Lemarchant asks Poirot to investigate this cold case, based on the memories of the people closest to the couple.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. thus 1st. impression, with minimal cover wear reducing it to VG++.* 2003-01-01. n.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 1999 : 1st. Edition : Robert Frederick Publishing : Small Board Book : There Is A Big Corner Crease To The Front Cover : However , The Board Is Still Very Solid : Otherwise Fine : Very Clean , Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Bright Clear Text & Illustrations : Overall , A Very Nice Book :

Barcelona, Molino, 1946. Biblioteca Oro. Traducción de Guillermo López. 112 p. 4º menor. Rústica editorial ilustrada por Bocquet. Muy buen ejemplar. 1a edición. 1st edition. Literatura inglesa. Novela. Novela policiaca. Libro en español. Book in Spanish.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1963 1st edition 4th impression thus. Yellow spine Fontana paperback. Condition: Very good. Light edge wear. Reading crease to spine. Age toning. Size: 7x4.5in / 18x11cm. 192pp. Weight: 115g.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. British edition, first printing of this collected edition, 1970. With original unclipped (and unpriced) jacket. Contains three titles : Sparkling Cyanide, The Secret of Chimneys and Five Little Pigs. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, (severe) fading to red lettering to spine, a few small marks, the odd small crease/rub to edges, a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, little pushing/bumping to corners, large red marks to reverse (white side) where colour from boards has run (these do not show through when on book), a few small scratches, little patchy browning and minor creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Little spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed red have the odd minor scratch. Pages slightly tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

2nd impression, in the same format and cloth colour as the first edition. Published in July 1943 and interestingly the publishing information on the version of the title page says First impression January 1943 indicating the book was probably available later than the date in the first edition. Mark to upper cover - see scan- otherwise near VG with just a little fading of the spine and straining of the gutter at the title page.\n.

FIRST EDITION 1974, EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, THIS BEING No. 182. Miniature book approximately 31 x 31 mm, 1¼ x 1¼ inches, thin yellow paper wraps, title printed green on upper cover, printing history and limitation in green on lower cover, title page and 11 full page illustrations in blue, yellow, black and white including the inside of the lower cover, text of rhyme below images. No inscription, a Fine clean copy in the orginal colour patterned cardboard box, also Fine. From the library of Stanley Marcus, US businessman and collector of miniature books with his tiny bookplate inside the upper cover. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

, 12 pages. Each page illustrated in colour. Limited edition of 250 copies printed. Miniature book in box First Edition thus , book is in fine condition , bound in yellow paper with green text on both covers , 3.5 x 3.5 cm Paperback ISBN:

8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 6 full-page coloured illustrations; pictorial buckram, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 6 full-page coloured illustrations; pictorial buckram, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First American edition of another Hercule Poirot mystery! According to Hubin, precedes the UK edition published as "Five Little Pigs". An uncommon title in either edition. A VERY GOOD copy, tight, square and firmly boung. A couple of pages faintly corner creased.Light fade to spine and a couple of "ring" marks to rear board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red boards sunned and marked as per photo. Edges bumped and frayed, spine browned and frayed top, small slit bottom, cocked. No dust jacket. Bookseller agent and ink price on ffep. Pages browned but otherwise clean, spine hinge slightly loose on some pages.

Illustrated throughout from tinted original designs by H. L. Stephens, lithographed and printed by Julius Bien. 8vo, publisher's cloth decorated in gold and black. First edition. There is marginal smudging on every page; a few short marginal tears. Light soiling and use to cloth; tight and sound.

[Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Contents clean, no inscriptions, cloth covers a little handled/soiled, some sunning to spine. A very good copy lacking the scarce jacket. A Hercule Poirot mystery, published in America as 'Murder in Retrospect'.

[Crime Mystery] FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine. With the yellow and pink typographic dust-jacket, not priced. Black ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. Gently toned throughout, with light spotting to edges and endpapers; otherwise internally clean. Minor sunning to head and tail of spine cloth, corresponding to jacket losses. Jacket shows wear and chipping to edges and flap folds, and larger losses to head and tail of spine, with minor toning to spine and rear panel. Very good. A Hercule Poirot mystery, fist published in the UK in 1942, and titled in America as 'Murder in Retrospect'.