# Is "Hickory Dickory Dock (US: Hickory Dickory Death)" by Agatha Christie a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Hickory Dickory Dock (US: Hickory Dickory Death) by Agatha Christie (William Collins, Sons, 1955) is identified by: UK: Collins Crime Club, 31 October 1955, priced the printed price on the jacket, as Hickory Dickory Dock. UK Collins Crime Club is the true first, preceding the US Dodd, Mead edition (variant title Hickory Dickory Death) by roughly a month.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- UK: Collins Crime Club, 31 October 1955, priced the printed price on the jacket, as Hickory Dickory Dock
- US: Dodd, Mead, November 1955, as Hickory Dickory Death
- Publisher imprint reads William Collins, Sons
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| Publisher | William Collins, Sons |
| Year | 1955 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | UK: Collins Crime Club, 31 October 1955, priced the printed price on the jacket, as… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
UK: Collins Crime Club, 31 October 1955, priced the printed price on the jacket, as Hickory Dickory Dock. US: Dodd, Mead, November 1955, as Hickory Dickory Death. Poirot.

## Is this the true first?
UK Collins Crime Club is the true first, preceding the US Dodd, Mead edition (variant title Hickory Dickory Death) by roughly a month.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later printings and book-club editions follow the 1955 Collins first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Hickory Dickory Dock (US: Hickory Dickory Death)* by Agatha Christie a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/hickory-dickory-dock-us-hickory-dickory-death
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.