Agatha Christie 1926 with classic US cover design
Agatha CHRISTIE
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, [October] 1926. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 1/8inches; 187 x 130mm). Pp. [i-x]; 1-306. Original light grey cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in red and black, red-stained top edge [as issued] (slight lean to book-block, slight discoloration to spine, section of relevant text from the front flap of the original dust-jacket neatly cut down and mounted on the front pastedown).
First edition, early (5 th) printing – nice copy with a spectacular upper cover design, but without the dust-jacket. In 2013, this work was voted the best crime novel ever by the British Crime Writers Association.
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Agatha CHRISTIE
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, [October] 1926. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 1/8inches; 187 x 130mm). Pp. [i-x]; 1-306. Original light grey cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in red and black, red-stained top edge [as issued] (slight lean to book-block, slight discoloration to spine, section of relevant text from the front flap of the original dust-jacket neatly cut down and mounted on the front pastedown).
First edition, early (5 th) printing – nice copy with a spectacular upper cover design, but without the dust-jacket. In 2013, this work was voted the best crime novel ever by the British Crime Writers Association.
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