Continuing on with my latest obsession with old paperback covers, here we have a selection of Agatha Christie covers, starting with N OR M? above.
Retro crime fiction images
Agatha Christie has outsold Stephen King and J.K Rowling combined by about 2 billion books. Her work ranks only behind Shakespeare's and the Bible as the most widely published books in history. And when she killed off one of her principle characters, Hercule Poirot, The New York Times published a fr
Agatha Christie put all the time spent not cleaning her teeth into her writing and published 66 crime novels and 14 short story collections. At her peak in the 1950s she took two months to write a book with about a month spent on any revisioning. … Continue reading "Ten great Agatha Christie Covers"
The Secret Adversary, by Agatha Christie Avon 410, 1952 Cover art uncredited
Agatha Christie has outsold Stephen King and J.K Rowling combined by about 2 billion books. Her work ranks only behind Shakespeare's and the Bible as the most widely published books in history. And when she killed off one of her principle characters, Hercule Poirot, The New York Times published a fr
To celebrate the queen of crime’s 125th birthday, here are some of the most beautiful covers from Tom Adams Uncovered, compiling the iconic 1960s and 1970s paperback designs of one of the world’s best cover artists. But can you guess which is which?
The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie. Fontana 1961. Cover artist Jack Keay
Agatha Christie has outsold Stephen King and J.K Rowling combined by about 2 billion books. Her work ranks only behind Shakespeare's and the Bible as the most widely published books in history. And when she killed off one of her principle characters, Hercule Poirot, The New York Times published a fr
Agatha Christie put all the time spent not cleaning her teeth into her writing and published 66 crime novels and 14 short story collections. At her peak in the 1950s she took two months to write a book with about a month spent on any revisioning. … Continue reading "Ten great Agatha Christie Covers"
Let's face it, many of us love vintage mystery covers. Can't get enough of them, in fact. I especially like running across yet another Agatha Christie title in vintage form. I just love the occasionally preposterous artwork and design. Don't you? This is my entry in the monthly Agatha Christie Carnival hosted by Kerrie Smith at her blog, Mysteries in Paradise.
1957; The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie. Cover art by Eastman
More scans from the collection of yours truly, as usual: [CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE] Look Here: Agatha Christie mysteries with cover art by William Teason, part 1 Look Here: Agatha Christie mysteries…
Agatha Christie put all the time spent not cleaning her teeth into her writing and published 66 crime novels and 14 short story collections. At her peak in the 1950s she took two months to write a book with about a month spent on any revisioning. … Continue reading "Ten great Agatha Christie Covers"
Agatha Christie has outsold Stephen King and J.K Rowling combined by about 2 billion books. Her work ranks only behind Shakespeare's and the Bible as the most widely published books in history. And when she killed off one of her principle characters, Hercule Poirot, The New York Times published a fr
Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what w
Cover by Tom Adams (US version). Pocket Books first issue paperback (1973).
Agatha Christie put all the time spent not cleaning her teeth into her writing and published 66 crime novels and 14 short story collections. At her peak in the 1950s she took two months to write a book with about a month spent on any revisioning. … Continue reading "Ten great Agatha Christie Covers"
More scans from the collection of yours truly, as usual: [CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE] Look Here: Agatha Christie mysteries with cover art by William Teason, part 1 Look Here: Agatha Christie mysteries…
Author Agatha Christie. Cover artist William Teason. Copyright 1960. Dell Book D340.
Cover by Tom Adams. Fontana Books first edition paperback (1974).
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder, and the unexpec
