AGATHA CHRISTIE - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

Description: AGATHA CHRISTIE - MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (published in the U.S. under the title "Murder In The Calais Coach"), published by UK publisher Collins, copyright 1934, First Printing (states "Copyright, 1934" on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings), lists to "Lord Edgware Dies" to left of title page, single double-sided ad page at rear of book listing other prior Hercule Poirot stories, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board. VERY DIFFICULT BOOK TO FIND IN ORIGINAL BOARDS AND ORIGINAL ENDPAPERS. SHOP AND COMPARE - A COPY IN "EX LIBRIS" BOARDS IN DAMAGED CONDITION (SPINE BADLY TORN) IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $3,837 - SEE EBAY 175231767478 AND A 1940 TENTH PRINTING (GREEN BOARD "UNIFORM EDITION" COPY IS LISTED FOR SALE AT $5,000 - SEE EBAY 285846986738 Book has just a couple of creased page corners, small gift inscription on ffe otherwise no former owner or used bookstore markings/stamps inside, clean original endpapers with no staining or tape residue or foxing (erased spots only), no foxing to pages, slight age darkening/foxing/dust soiling to outer page edges, no wear to board edges, almost no wear to board corners or to spine tips (just to spine tip corners), only slight dust/handling soiling to cloth boards, slight spine sun darkening, no bumped board corners. Book also comes with a color fascimile of the UK 1st issue Dust jacket to provide protection from damage and to improve its appearance on a shelf. Overall a VG+/FINE- book of a rare early 1930s era UK Agatha Christie 1st printing OF ONE OF THE THREE "KEY" AGATHA CHRISTIE 1ST PRINTINGS STILL IN ORIGINAL BOARDS (often when this book comes up for sale it is only found in rebound boards). I have a number of other U.K. and U.S. Agatha Christie 1st printing hardcover books up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture. NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE). For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office). Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs). Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END. Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you). Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail). As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items). Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book. I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defect.

Price: 5999.99 USD

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

End Time: 2024-11-21T19:56:09.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD