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Appointment With Death first US edition, first printing (Dodd, Mead, 1938) dust jacket

Appointment With Death

Agatha Christie · Dodd, Mead, 1938 · First US edition, first printing

For a first US edition, first printing of Appointment With Death by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead, 1938), the first point to check: Title page: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1938.

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These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Appointment With Death.

✓ Title page: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1938

✓ Copyright page: “Copyright, 1937, 1938, By Agatha Christie Mallowan” and “Printed in the United States of America”

✓ Dust jacket: gold and black front panel with the title in red script and “A New Hercule Poirot Mystery” at the foot; back panel lists “The Newest Red Badge Mysteries”; rear flap advertises the Annual Red Badge $1000 Prize “for 1939”

✓ Price: $2.00 at the top of the front flap (unclipped)

✓ Binding: orange cloth lettered in black

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✓ Title page: Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1938 ✓ Copyright page: “Copyright, 1937, 1938, By Agatha Christie Mallowan” and “Printed in the United States of America” ✓ Dust jacket: gold and black front panel with the title in red script and “A New Hercule Poirot Mystery” at the foot; back panel lists “The Newest Red Badge Mysteries”; rear flap advertises the Annual Red Badge $1000 Prize “for 1939” ✓ Price: $2.00 at… The identification points above show each one.
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