NMLP P-000376 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie · Collins Crime Club (London) · 1934

UK Collins Crime Club (Jan 1934) is the true first, preceding the US edition titled 'Murder in the Calais Coach' (Dodd, Mead, 1934). Because the small first impression sold out, second and third impressions appeared within January 1934 — these are NOT firsts and far less valuable. The first-issue wrap-around 'Book of the Month' band is exceedingly scarce.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000376 for "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000376, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).