Over the years that I've been writing and publishing my articles, many new readers have now subscribed to my site - Collecting Christie. So I thought it appropriate to start creating some usable indexes of articles that I will find a way to make more prominent and easy to access on the website. The first of these (this one) is focusing on English-language paperbacks, whether printed in the UK or anywhere else in the world. Unlike her hardbacks that were mostly handled by one publisher in each country, paperbacks had many more publishers - some issuing dozens of Christie titles and some only issuing one. I hope this index of the articles if of you and gives you lots of interesting reading regardless of whether you solely enjoy looking at the pictures, reading the books or collecting them. As new articles are written (as this list is far from complete), I will update the index to reflect them.
Index of Paperback Articles (last updated October 2024)
BRITISH:
Collins:
1936 - 1959: Collins White Circle editions (link).
Fontana:
1953 - 1957 and the first 15 Christie titles Fontana published (link).
1958 - 1960 and the next 21 covers created during those years (link).
1961 - 1963 (partial) and the 23 covers created prior to Tom Adams (link).
1963 (partial) - 1964 & the 21 books published, many now with Adams covers (link).
1965 - 1966 and the 22 books published in those years (link).
1967 - 1968 and the 19 books published in those years (link).
1969 - 1970 and the 17 books published in those years (link).
1971 - 1972 and the 37 books published in those years (link).
1973 - 1980 (partial) and all the books published with new covers (link).
Various Years: Fontana's 'Error' Printings (link).
Pan Books:
1947 - 1949: The first Pan Books: 5 Christie titles (link).
1966 - 1968: The X-Series Photographic Covers (link).
Todd, Polybooks & Vallancay Press (wartime editions):
1943 - 1946: Polybook 'doubles' (link).
1943 - 1946: Todd, Polybook & Vallancey Press - various editions (link).
EUROPEAN (in English):
1933 - 1950: The Albatross: 16 Christie titles (link).
1943 - 1946: Scherz Phoenix: 8 Christie titles (link).
1969 - 1980: Fontana's Continental Editions: 11 Christie titles (link).
CANADIAN:
1948 - 1952: Collins White Circle: 5 Christie titles (link)
1953 - 1958: Harlequin-Pan Editions: 4 Christie titles (link).
AMERICAN (USA):
1938: Modern Age Books: 1 Christie title (link).
1940 - 1942: Bantam (Los Angeles): 1 Christie title (link).
1940 - 1947: The BestSeller Mystery Series: 15 Christie titles published (link).
1943 - 1957: Dell's 'Map Back' series: 18 Christie titles (link).
1971 - 1974: Pocket Book Series: 26 Tom Adams designed covers (link).
Summary:
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