jonathan wall October 4, 2020 at 12:09
hi daisy,
Last time I checked this site there were no updates or changes and I was afraid you might have disappeared off the face of the earth, so I’m really happy to see you’re still among us!
You are reading: Agatha christie bantam books
I mentioned earlier that I had purchased 8 titles that have variant information on their copyright pages compared to their “normal” counterparts, and none of them have a number line/print key, but they all say they were printed in 80’s years . As a refresher, I’ll relist the titles here:
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the man in the brown suit the elephants can remember passenger to frankfurt a caribbean mystery the big four the mystery of the regatta and other stories the prosecution witness evil under the sun
Since *all* the books published by bantam have a number line and *none* of the books published by literary express (or bookspan) have a number line, I’ve suspected all along that the 8 books might have been printed by literary express. but since all 8 books say on the copyright page that they were published by bantam (and don’t mention him), I couldn’t prove it. but now i think i can.
I have before me another copy of the man in the brown suit which is missing the number line and is identical to the other copy I have (which is missing the number line) in every way except one: the first The keyless copy I have purchased says Bantam Books on the bottom of the front cover, but this copy says Literary Express, Inc. at the bottom of the main title page. so even though on the copyright page it says “a bantam book” and gives a publication date of August 1988, I know the copyright page is a lie because literary express did not print or publish anything in the collection of agatha christie mystery until february 1998. …. ten years later. Furthermore, all 8 titles say they were published by arrangement with Putnam Berkley Group, Inc.
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I had suspected for a long time that the man in the brown suit had been reprinted by literary express, but I could never prove it because I couldn’t find it, and now I know why. I relied on the information printed on the copyright page and it never occurred to me to examine the main title page. because I would do?
In the meantime, thank you very much for the honorable mention (I say honorable because I take it as an honor) in the article. I certainly never expected that! I vividly remember how frustrating, confused, and often desperate I seemed when I started collecting the books in this collection. I had absolutely nothing else to do, apart from endlessly searching ebay and abe’s books in hopes of finding a title I didn’t have and, very often, didn’t even know about. then on the 18th this section of beautiful books appeared and it was like a miracle from the mysterious gods above. hahaha, I’m very happy to have contributed the information I have and hope to contribute more. your site has been a blessing to me and many other people…maybe more people than you know, because I have noticed your name and/or beautiful books (and also copied and pasted snippets of information from the site) in the listings from ebay. On numerous occasions.
Anyway, I hope the express literary edition of the man in the brown suit is useful to you. I have a strong suspicion that there may be copies of evil under the sun like this. so the search continues.
jonathan
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