By Agatha Christie
London   W. Collins Sons & Co LTD
7.5" by 5" viii, 295pp
An early impression of Christie's sixth novel to feature the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, the fifth impression, printed the year after the first.
By Agatha Christie

1929 The Mystery of the Blue Train

London   W. Collins Sons & Co LTD
7.5" by 5" viii, 295pp
An early impression of Christie's sixth novel to feature the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, the fifth impression, printed the year after the first.
£195.00
: 0.5kgs / : 835P28

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Early Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The fifth impression, printed in March 1929. The first edition was printed in March 1928.

A gripping Hercule Poirot murder mystery, set on le Train Bleu to the French Riviera, on which a woman is found strangled, and the famous ruby she owned is discovered to be missing...

Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the spine, and to the boards. Spine is a little discoloured. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with a small closed tear to the tail of the spine. A few spots to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots.

Very Good

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