A Murder Is Announced - RARE Collins UK 1ST PRINTING W/ORIGINAL DUST JACKET NOT PRICE CLIPPED NO SPINE CHIPPING!

Agatha Christie

Published by Collins (U.K.), 1950

About this Item

AGATHA CHRISTIE - A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, published by UK publisher Collins, copyright 1950, First Printing (no references to subsequent printings on copyright page), lists to itself to "Crooked House" to left of title page), white endpapers, red boards with black lettering to spine, 8s. 6d. net price on DJ front flap. A FEW YEARS AGO THIS BOOK WAS RELATIVELY COMMON BUT IN RECENT YEARS IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THE 2ND PRINGING DJ WOULD NOT WORK ON A 1ST PRINT BOOK (UNLIKE EARLIER AND LATER COLLINS CHRISTIES) AND THIS BOOK HAS QUADRUPLED IN PRICE, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH GRADE WITHOUT SPINE CHIPPING.

Book has no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean endpapers - no staining or tape residue, no foxing to pages or endpapers, hint of age darkening/dust soiling/foxing to outer page edges, tight pages with no creased page corners, no wear to board edges, board corners or to spine tips, no soiling or staining to boards, no bumped board corners.

Dust jacket has tiny closed tear at bottom left on spine with related crease to bottom right on rear panel otherwise no chipping or tearing or creasing, slight wear to spine tips with 'v' losses to spine tip corners, hint of wear to front flap crease (nick losses at flap crease corners), no spine sun fading, almost no dust rubbing to white portion of rear panel otherwise no soiling or staining.

Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in VG/VG+ dust jacket (not price clipped) of a rare 1950s era Agatha Christie UK 1st printing. I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for sale.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1756964547273

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Murder Is Announced - RARE Collins UK 1ST PRINTING W/ORIGINAL DUST JACKET NOT PRICE CLIPPED NO SPINE CHIPPING!
• Publisher: Collins (U.K.)
• Publication Date: 1950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Agatha Christie