The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie, First Edition (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. Sharp and tight, just moderately used copy with rubbing to jacket and chipping at head of spine, but no loss. Collects three titles in one volume.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Ed. First paperback ed. Good condition, moderate over all wear, spine chipping. Pocket #341. Book.

Condition: Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Paperback. first PB. 341, very good +, mystery novel, paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing with full number line. A fine copy in blue leatherette covers (no DJ as issued) and gold titles with printed marble endpapers. Part of the Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #172.

Paperback. first PB. 341, almost near fine, mystery novel, paperback,

Paperback. Condition: G++. 1st Thus. Rear cover advert for Bravingtons "The Story of a Bravington ring". Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Paperback. first PB. 341, near fine, mystery novel, paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Thus. A Fine ad new copy in like Fine Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Thus Edition. Agatha Christie's second Miss Marple novel, and one of her most famous titles, THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY is (originally published 1043), came a dozen years after her first, Dolly Bantry's reaction on seeing the body of a beautiful, but dead, blonde in her library is to immediately call for her friend Jane Marple. The police identify the girl as Ruby Keene. She was reported missing by elderly invalid Conway Jefferson who, fond of Ruby, planned to adopt her-much against his family's wishes. When the body of another dead girl turns up, Miss Marple determines to find this ruthless killer. Mint, unread, first thuTHE MURDER IN THE VICARAGE (1930) s edition, first printing, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} M136.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. BBC jacket photo by John Green (illustrator). 1st Edition. First collected edition, first impression. The first television tie in edition, with the incomparable Joan Hickson (1906-98), on front cover, as Miss Marple. Ex library with usual stamps, defects and library mess, in brown vinyl library binding. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly faded, some browning, soiling and spotting to page block, rear flap torn, not price clipped (£9.95), no personal inscriptions, internally tight, overall a reasonable copy for its age and ex library. 664pp. The BBC began filming the Miss Marple stories in the mid 1980s, and set out to remain faithful to the plotlines and locales of Agatha Christie's stories, and to represent Miss Marple as written. Hickson played the role in all 12 adaptations of the novels produced from 1984 to 1992, and received two BAFTA nominations for Best TV Actress, in 1987 and 1988. When the OBE was bestowed on Hickson in June 1987 Queen Elizabeth II was reported to have said 'You play the part just as one envisages it'.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. PHOTO AND VIDEO OF PAGES TAKEN TO SHOW CONDITION PRIOR TO SHIPPING; RARE! Cant be very many in this shape ANYWHERE! PHOTOS OF BOOK EMAILED UPON REQUEST; Book.

Hardcover. Condition: GD++/GD++/ND. y 1st Thus, HARDBACK "VOLUME 27 IN THE AGATHA CHRISTIE COLLECTION SERIES," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: Reprint* Date of Publication: 2002* Pub: Planet Three Publishing* Binding and cover condition: Dark green paper covered boards with small inset colour picture showing library shelves, gilt title to black spine strip and gilt title to face Head of spine bumped and dents at top of back board Some shelf wear GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper (As issued)* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY Patterned and coloured end papers (dark green marbling) Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, some damp marks next to head of spine & to top edge, some slight age and marks to page edges, no other visible faults GD++* Illustrations: None* Pages: 176 pp text i pp blank pages at rear* Description: Gossington Hall is the residence of the very conventional retired Colonel Arthur Bantry and his wife Dolly One morning, the maid finds a dead body in the library It is a young woman, flashily dressed and made up, with platinum blonde hair, and completely unknown to the Bantrys She was strangled The Colonel calls the police, and Mrs Bantry calls her old friend, Miss Marple The police investigators include Inspector Slack and the Chief Constable of "Radfordshire", Colonel Melchett No one can identify the dead girl The autopsy reveals that the girl died between 10 PM and 12 AM the previous evening, had been heavily drugged, and was a virgin This novel was first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in 1942* A GD++ copy with some marks, age and wear No dust jacket* Vol 27 2003-01-01. n.

Hardcover. First Edition; Later Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 9.1 X 5.9 X 1.7 inches.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Letter sequence apparent with "a" evident. ; 9.10 X 5.90 X 1.70 inches; 650 pages.

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 : Peril at End House, The Body in the Library and Hercule Poirot's Christmas. 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 little pushing/bumping to corners and very minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Minor 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Agatha Christie Facsimile. Near Fine.

First Edition Thus. Near fine in a near fine bright very lightly used dust jacket.

Soft. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. Penguin First Edition, green bands to head/foot of front cover, Mystery & Crime No 924. Soft covers lightly edgeworn, spotting to front/rear covers and to closed edges, spine browned, feint pencil inscription to fep, spotting to endpapers and fly-title page, internal gutters slightly cracked but pp secure in binding, some browning to edges of pages but text clear to read. Size: 12mo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. US periodical, containing the first instalment of The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie. Scarce first appearance. A nice copy with light wear only and clean staples.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. A young woman's corpse is dumped in the library of Gossington Hall, home of Jane Marple's friend Dolly Bantry and her husband Arthur. Pompous Chief Co nstable Melchett suspects a connection with Basil Blake, an arty young man who lives locally but Blake is dismissive when Melchett visits him.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A little edge wear and chipping to the dust jacket which has been covered for extra protection. There are two ex libris stickers on the opening pages from a previous owner.

[Murder Mystery] FACSIMILE EDITION, first impression thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.179 [13]. Publisher's red paper over boards with black titles to spine and upper. With the striking dust-jacket, not priced. A hint of spotting to top edges, and a touch of wear to jacket spine, otherwise a crisp, near fine copy. Agatha Christie's second Miss Marple novel, and one of the most famous titles from the world's best-known mystery writer. This classic whodunnit is ranked among her very best works. Artist Leslie Stead designed both this iconic cover and Christie's Sparkling Cyanide. He worked for other female novelists published by the Crime Club (E.C.R. Lorac and Ngaio Marsh), was also employed by Hodder, set up a design studio and was famed for his illustrations for the long-running Biggles adventure series.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers by John Hyde Phillips, Sgt. Edward A. Lane, Rauschert J. Karl & T Patston (illustrator). First Edition. The May 24 & 31 & June 7 & 14, 1941 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 3 - 6 of 7 of The Body in the Library, a Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie, The Tall Men, a short story by William Faulkner (5/31), and That's a Woman for You!, a short story by Erle Stanley Gardner (5/31). Other fiction includes The Good Picker, a short story by Steven Vincent Benet (5/24), parts 4 - 6 of 6 (conclusion) of The Captain from Connecticut, a novel by C S Forester set at the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 (5/24, 5/31 & 6/7), part 1 of 8 of Silver Spoon (6/14), a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, and others. Articles include Me and Shakespeare, an article by boxing champion Gene Tunney on how the classics helped him win (5/24), two sports articles in the 6/7 issue - one on golf by Gene Sarazen, and another on Billy Conn's preparation for his heavyweight title fight with Joe Louis, and Showdown in the Pacific, an article by Edgar Snow before Pearl Harbor talking about the inevitability of war with Japan (5/31). Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (5/24 - Sweep it Under the Rug - ethnic), Sgt. Edward A. Lane (5/31 - Air Force Photographers), Rauschert J. Karll (6/7 - Not a Keeper) & T Patston (6/14 - June Bride, 1941). Condition issues include: 5/24 - missing back cover, stains at the bottom left of pages 117 - 120 & small spots on a few other pages; 5/31 - wear to the covers including chips, closed tears, top right corner chip to the front cover, and wear at the spine; 6/7 - wear at the edges of the front cover with some closed tears at the spine; and 6/14 - light wear. A nice set with serial installments and short stories by a prominent & collectible authors plus numerous ads and articles that display the atmosphere around the beginnings of WW II. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. First Edition. Octavo, 245pp. About very good in the publisher's orange cloth, stamped in black. Some discoloration at the crown, the front inner hinge thinly cracked with a partial, unobtrusive repair, and occasional finger-soilng to margins. A notably uncommon mid-career Christie title, with or without dust jacket. This is the second novel to feature Miss Marple, closing a twelve-year gap (her only other appearances being in short stories since "The Murder at the Vicarage" (1930)). Facsimile dust jacket included.

Condition: Fair. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. 1st edition. Sm 8vo hardcover. Orange cloth with black lettering. 198pp. Fair book. No dust jacket. Dampstaining on front board. Spine cracked. Address label on front endpage. Partial bookplate on rear endpage. (Miss Marple, Detectives, Mystery) Inquire if you need further information.

First edition with these illustrations, first printing. Publisher's original dark brown cloth with illustration blocked in cream and black to the upper board, titles in gilt to the spine. In the brown card slipcase. Illustrated with a frontispiece and six further full page colour plates by Andrew Davidson. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Housed in the fine, structurally sound slipcase. A Miss Marple mystery. First published by Collins, The Crime Club in 1942. This new and beautifully illustrated edition follows the text of the first edition with minor emendations. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

[Murder Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Contents clean, no ink inscriptions, inside paper joint cracked, cloth a little bumped and used, some sunning to spine. A very good copy lacking the scarce jacket. Agatha Christie's second Miss Marple novel, and one of the most famous titles from the world's best-known mystery writer. This classic whodunnit is ranked among her very best works.

First edition with these illustrations. Four volumes. Publishers original green, brown, purple and blue illustrated cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in slipcase. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece and six full page colour plates by Andrew Davidson. A fine set, the bindings square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine, structurally sound slipcase. A highly collectable illustrated edition of some of Agatha Christie's best known Miss Marple novels including her first case 'The Murder at the Vicarage'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.