Agatha Christie Netherlands
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Dutch fan, posts about Agatha Christie, her life and work, Golden Age and other (European/Dutch) detective fiction, book collecting and Agatha Christie in the Netherlands.
Finally found an English hardcover edition of #Styles! This Centenary Edition is from 1990. #AgathaChristie was born in 1890. Somehow, this copy from the Croydon library found its way to the Netherlands. The cover is a facsimile of the first edition from 1920 😀.
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Finally found an English hardcover edition of #Styles! This Centenary Edition is from 1990. #AgathaChristie was born in 1890. Somehow, this copy from the Croydon library found its way to the Netherlands. The cover is a facsimile of the first edition from 1920 😀.
This is the first Dutch edition (1932) of #AgathaChristie's first book: The Mysterious Affair at #Styles. It was Christie's seventh title published in the Netherlands. Dutch title: The Innocent Murderer. (Is that saying too much? 🤫🤔) Subtitle: one of Agatha Christie's mysterious stories.
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is the first Dutch edition (1932) of #AgathaChristie's first book: The Mysterious Affair at #Styles. It was Christie's seventh title published in the Netherlands. Dutch title: The Innocent Murderer. (Is that saying too much? 🤫🤔) Subtitle: one of Agatha Christie's mysterious stories.
A Happy Halloween (party)!! 👻☠💀🕸
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
A Happy Halloween (party)!! 👻☠💀🕸
This is one of my favorite Dutch #AgathaChristie paperbacks: The Body in the Library (Dutch: Death of a Dancer); 1952. Part 4 of the Atlas Mystery Series (only 22 volumes, with books by ao Christie, Sayers, Cheyney). Unfortunately, Christie's name is misspelled, but otherwise what great cover!
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is one of my favorite Dutch #AgathaChristie paperbacks: The Body in the Library (Dutch: Death of a Dancer); 1952. Part 4 of the Atlas Mystery Series (only 22 volumes, with books by ao Christie, Sayers, Cheyney). Unfortunately, Christie's name is misspelled, but otherwise what great cover!
Happy to add another #OrientExpress to my #AgathaChristie collection. This is a limited edition from 2005. The books were made for the Venice Simplon Orient Express (VSOE) and sold on board the train. The 2005 edition is the only one with a dust jacket. And a very nice one, especially the back!!
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Happy to add another #OrientExpress to my #AgathaChristie collection. This is a limited edition from 2005. The books were made for the Venice Simplon Orient Express (VSOE) and sold on board the train. The 2005 edition is the only one with a dust jacket. And a very nice one, especially the back!!
This is #LilianJacksonBraun's first book published in the Netherlands (1970). Not yet 'The Cat Who' in the title, but : A Bachelor in Doubt (The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern 1967). Since the 1980s, however, all of Jackson's books have been published in paperback with "The Cat Who" in the title!
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is #LilianJacksonBraun's first book published in the Netherlands (1970). Not yet 'The Cat Who' in the title, but : A Bachelor in Doubt (The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern 1967). Since the 1980s, however, all of Jackson's books have been published in paperback with "The Cat Who" in the title!
#AgathaChristie's best books are being republished in the Netherlands by Uitgeverij Rainbow: beautiful hardcovers that are also being reprinted! (I'm currently rereading The ABC Murders). Two more titles will follow in december: Styles and Murder at the Vicarage. A modern-day Christie for Christmas!
October 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#AgathaChristie's best books are being republished in the Netherlands by Uitgeverij Rainbow: beautiful hardcovers that are also being reprinted! (I'm currently rereading The ABC Murders). Two more titles will follow in december: Styles and Murder at the Vicarage. A modern-day Christie for Christmas!
This is a movie magazine (10 pages) about Death on the Nile (Murder on the Nile in Dutch); with photos, storyline, and actor info. The movie tie-in is being advertised. Never seen anything like this; no idea how it was distributed or to whom. 🤷 Together a nice set for my Christie collection 😀
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This is a movie magazine (10 pages) about Death on the Nile (Murder on the Nile in Dutch); with photos, storyline, and actor info. The movie tie-in is being advertised. Never seen anything like this; no idea how it was distributed or to whom. 🤷 Together a nice set for my Christie collection 😀
Look what I just found in a charity shop in Torquay! 😀. A beautiful facsimile edition of Murder on the Orient Express! With the bellyband and as new. A great souvenir to take home with me and read in the plane tomorrow after visiting lots of events at he @agathafestival.bsky.social this weekend!
September 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Look what I just found in a charity shop in Torquay! 😀. A beautiful facsimile edition of Murder on the Orient Express! With the bellyband and as new. A great souvenir to take home with me and read in the plane tomorrow after visiting lots of events at he @agathafestival.bsky.social this weekend!
Yesterday I arrived at #Torquay and today I went my to first event at the @agathafestival.bsky.social, John Curran's 'Agatha Christie & the Murder Game'. Of course it ended in me buying a book...😀. Later in Torre Abbey I took a look at Tom Adams great artwork. And there is even more to come today!
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Yesterday I arrived at #Torquay and today I went my to first event at the @agathafestival.bsky.social, John Curran's 'Agatha Christie & the Murder Game'. Of course it ended in me buying a book...😀. Later in Torre Abbey I took a look at Tom Adams great artwork. And there is even more to come today!
Wind and rain today in York, but still a great visit. Walked the walls and went to the minster of course. And York has great bookshops loke Criminally Good Book & took some souvenirs with me from Lucius Books #AgathaChristie
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wind and rain today in York, but still a great visit. Walked the walls and went to the minster of course. And York has great bookshops loke Criminally Good Book & took some souvenirs with me from Lucius Books #AgathaChristie
Day 2 in Yorkshire: no Christie but #Brontë! In #Haworth I visited the Brontë home where great novels were written! There was a very early Dutch edition of #JaneEyre on display (I think 1874? With still the name Currer Bell, Charlotte's pen name) and this little Penguin Archive is my souvenir!
September 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On my first day in Yorkshire I visited Harrogate and of course I went to the Old Swan hotel where Agatha Christie stayed during here 'missing days' in 1926. Nearby Knaresborough is worth a visit too!
September 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On my first day in Yorkshire I visited Harrogate and of course I went to the Old Swan hotel where Agatha Christie stayed during here 'missing days' in 1926. Nearby Knaresborough is worth a visit too!
This will be my main book for the next 8 to 9 days, as I am visiting #Yorkshire for my vacation! After that, I am heading south to #Torquay to attend some events at the @agathafestival.bsky.social - I can't wait!
September 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This will be my main book for the next 8 to 9 days, as I am visiting #Yorkshire for my vacation! After that, I am heading south to #Torquay to attend some events at the @agathafestival.bsky.social - I can't wait!
Although I've seen almost every Bond film (more than once 🙂), I'd never read or collected any of Ian Fleming's books. Perhaps these are a start: Casino Royale & Diamonds Are Forever. The books are in Dutch but have English titles (so iconic that translation is unnecessary...) #ianfleming #jamesbond
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Although I've seen almost every Bond film (more than once 🙂), I'd never read or collected any of Ian Fleming's books. Perhaps these are a start: Casino Royale & Diamonds Are Forever. The books are in Dutch but have English titles (so iconic that translation is unnecessary...) #ianfleming #jamesbond
Found four more of these great #agathachristie paperbacks from the 90s with this retro covers!
August 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Found four more of these great #agathachristie paperbacks from the 90s with this retro covers!
Auction: letter From Agatha Christie (signed Mallowan) to Lady Stewart, it is from the sixties @christietime.bsky.social! She talks about houses and... taxes. Written on paper from a hotel in Cleveland, Ohio, it seems. @collectchristie.bsky.social
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Agatha Christie (1891-1976) [Detective Novelist] - Fine Autograph Letter Signed "Agatha Mallowan" to Lady Stewart - 1966
Ze zeiden dat ze 'onze avond met jou zo erg hadden genoten - Het was een heerlijk feest en al je gasten waren zo leuk om te ontmoeten. Ik ben nog steeds erg geïnteresseerd in jouw Italiaanse huis dat ...
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August 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Auction: letter From Agatha Christie (signed Mallowan) to Lady Stewart, it is from the sixties @christietime.bsky.social! She talks about houses and... taxes. Written on paper from a hotel in Cleveland, Ohio, it seems. @collectchristie.bsky.social
www.catawiki.com/nl/l/9698212...
www.catawiki.com/nl/l/9698212...
Some great books for my crime collection arrived today. Vintage Dutch paperbacks from the Prisma Detective Series. Beautiful covers from the 50s & 60s and famous authors like #JosephineTey #DorothySayers #NgaioMarsh #AndrewGarve and more. Nice for the summer evenings now and my holiday next month 😎✈️
August 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Some great books for my crime collection arrived today. Vintage Dutch paperbacks from the Prisma Detective Series. Beautiful covers from the 50s & 60s and famous authors like #JosephineTey #DorothySayers #NgaioMarsh #AndrewGarve and more. Nice for the summer evenings now and my holiday next month 😎✈️
This fantastic collector's item arrived last week. The 1st Fontana edition of Towards Zero with a Tom Adams cover; signed by the artist! This book was part of a special sale by @julesburt-yt.bsky.social and Georgie Adams (Tom's widow). All the ephemera included makes it extra special!
July 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This fantastic collector's item arrived last week. The 1st Fontana edition of Towards Zero with a Tom Adams cover; signed by the artist! This book was part of a special sale by @julesburt-yt.bsky.social and Georgie Adams (Tom's widow). All the ephemera included makes it extra special!
These are the only Mary Westmacott titles published in Dutch. Only one ed. in the 70s, so quite rare now. From left to right: A Daughter's a Daughter; Unfinished Portrait; The Burden. On the cover it says: 'MW known to everyone as Agatha Christie'. The covers are based on the USA Dell paperbacks.
July 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
These are the only Mary Westmacott titles published in Dutch. Only one ed. in the 70s, so quite rare now. From left to right: A Daughter's a Daughter; Unfinished Portrait; The Burden. On the cover it says: 'MW known to everyone as Agatha Christie'. The covers are based on the USA Dell paperbacks.
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Some nice 'Dutch' finds at the thrift store today. The very first Agatha Christie in Dutch! (Secret Adversary 1925); a movie tie in (nice hardcover of Ordeal by Innocence, 1985, with Donald Sutherland on the cover) and three Albatross paperbacks from 1947 with the jackets (all printed in Holland).
June 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Some nice 'Dutch' finds at the thrift store today. The very first Agatha Christie in Dutch! (Secret Adversary 1925); a movie tie in (nice hardcover of Ordeal by Innocence, 1985, with Donald Sutherland on the cover) and three Albatross paperbacks from 1947 with the jackets (all printed in Holland).
Back from a week in Norway (Oslo & Bergen); amazing cities and what a beautiful train ride in between! I found some nice souvenirs in Oslo (at Prismatic Pages & Cappelens Vorslag). One of the last Andrew Garve titles I was looking for and a few more vintage books! #AgathaChristie #Penguin #TomAdams
May 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Back from a week in Norway (Oslo & Bergen); amazing cities and what a beautiful train ride in between! I found some nice souvenirs in Oslo (at Prismatic Pages & Cappelens Vorslag). One of the last Andrew Garve titles I was looking for and a few more vintage books! #AgathaChristie #Penguin #TomAdams
A very bookish Easter with markets in Wageningen en Bredevoort. Found some Christie/Westmacott, Dutch classics and international classics, crime and more! Memento Mori because I heard of it in the @christietime.bsky.social Christie/Spark episode. And I'll try a Dick Francis, new for me...
April 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A very bookish Easter with markets in Wageningen en Bredevoort. Found some Christie/Westmacott, Dutch classics and international classics, crime and more! Memento Mori because I heard of it in the @christietime.bsky.social Christie/Spark episode. And I'll try a Dick Francis, new for me...
Had a short holiday in France (Lille & Roubaix) and brought home a nice souvenir: the facsimile edition of the 1st French edition of Styles. All early Christies were re-issued in this way a few years ago. Other photo: a real 1st edition of Cards on the Table (1939).
April 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Had a short holiday in France (Lille & Roubaix) and brought home a nice souvenir: the facsimile edition of the 1st French edition of Styles. All early Christies were re-issued in this way a few years ago. Other photo: a real 1st edition of Cards on the Table (1939).