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London : W. Collins Sons & Co., (1926). First edition. An early Christie - an early Poirot - and probably her masterpiece - the shock ending making it one of the most influential and most debated crime novels ever written. A Haycraft cornerstone - "ingenuity and brilliant simplicity of plot".
Crown 8vo. viii,312pp. Bound in a stylish recent full burgundy morocco, banded and gilt; original cloth backstrip and upper cover preserved at rear; a few slight spots, but overall a very good and attractive copy.

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London : W. Collins Sons & Co. for The Crime Club, (1934). First edition of her ever-popular body in the bunker mystery. Published in the USA as "The Boomerang Clue".
Crown 8vo. [ii],252,[ii]pp. Bound in a smart recent full burgundy morocco; marbled endpapers; original cloth backstrip and upper cover preserved at rear; a few slight marks and spots, but a handsome copy of a Christie classic. Barzun & Taylor 799. Hubin p.80.

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1935). First edition. A Poirot mystery - murder on the Le Bourget-Croydon mid-day flight of the air-liner Prometheus. Published in the USA as "Death in the Air".
Crown 8vo. 252,[iv]pp. Plan. Bound in a smart recent full maroon morocco, banded, and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; original cloth backstrip and upper panel preserved at rear; some spotting, mainly of edges and prelims; short tear to gutter of final advertisement leaf, but overall a very good copy.

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, 1937. First edition. "Must be read twice, once for enjoyment and once to see how the wheels go round" (Sunday Times review).
Crown 8vo. 284,[iv]pp. Bound in a handsome recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; original cloth backstrip and upper panel preserved at rear; some faint and minor spotting, principally to edges and prelims, but a most attractive copy. Hubin p.79.

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London : Collins for the Crime Club, (1939). First edition. An "archetypal Mayhem Parva story, with all the best ingredients ... one of the classics" (Robert Barnard). Later published in the USA as "East to Kill".
Crown 8vo. 254,[ii]pp. Bound in a smart recent half burgundy morocco, retaining the original cloth backstrip at rear; some occasional light spotting, but a very good copy.

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1942). First edition. A Poirot mystery published in the USA as "Murder in Retrospect" - "a little masterpiece" (Barzun & Taylor).
Crown 8vo. 192pp. Bound in a smart recent half burgundy morocco, banded and lettered in gilt; original cloth upper cover and spine retained at rear; a handful of tiny spots and minor creases, but a very good copy indeed. Barzun & Taylor 773. Hubin p.80.

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