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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.[Facsimile Edition.]

by CHRISTIE**, AGATHA:

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UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,facsimile edn,1st thus. [Originally first published in UK (London),COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1934.This facsimile reissue forms part of an issue of The Agatha Christie Book Collection partwork published by Agatha Christie Limited, London.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn,no clip to dw/dj - absence of price on inner flap.Bright,crisp,facsimile colour pictorial artwork illustrated front panel with orange+white and yellow lettering,rear panel with publisher's facsimile book advertisement with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore -edges bright and clean - no toning,no marks or dust-soiling; contents bright,tight and clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,immaculate,sharp-cornered,red paper-covered bds; front board with black ink printed double-line bordered edges with black ink printed lettering below top border,black ink printed horizontal double-line borders at the top+bottom of spine/backstrip and black ink printed lettering at the top,plain red rear board,a black headband and immaculate plain white eps.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj, facsimile edn,1st thus,8-221pp [paginated] includes Pts I-III comprising 8,15 and 9 chapters respectively,plus [unpaginated] title page,a dedication,contents list/table,Pts separator pages,a b/w carriage seating plan diagram to recto of Pt II's,and 2pp blanks at the rear. The famous Orient Express,thundering along on it's three days' journey across Europe,came to a sudden stop in the night. Snowdrifts blocked the line at a desolate spot somewhere in the Balkans.Everything was deathly quiet. "Decidedly I suffer from the nerves," murmured Hercule Poirot,and fell asleep again.He awoke to find himself very much wanted.For in the night murder had been committed.Mr Ratchett,an American millionaire,was found laying dead in his berth - stabbed.The untrodden snow around the train proved that the murderer was still on board.Poirot investigates.He lies back and thinks - with his little grey cells. . . 'Murder on the Orient Express' must rank as one of the most ingenious stories ever devised.The solution is brilliant.One can but admire again the amazing resource of Agatha Christie. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on January 1, 1934 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.[Facsimile Edition.]
Author
CHRISTIE**, AGATHA:
Book Condition
Used - NMINT..
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UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,facsimile edn,1st thus.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2011.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
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