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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1942). First edition. Miss Marple in a St. Mary Mead classic - "superb" (Barzun & Taylor).
Crown 8vo (20cm). 160pp. Original orange cloth, lettered in black; a touch of sunning to the spine, but a very good copy in the original wartime dust-jacket - a striking design of books on shelves spelling out the title - just a little chipped at head and tail and with a small mark on the lower panel. Barzun & Taylor 754. Hubin p.79.

£1,000

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London : Collins, for The Crime Club, (1944). First edition. "Murder begins before the actual deed" says a guest at Lady Tressilian's last ever dinner party. Superintendent Battle investigates her death.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Map. Original orange cloth, lettered across spine in black; minor fading to extremities, but a very good copy in the original Atkinson dust-jacket - shallow chips to tips, a few faint marks, and a single very short tear to lower panel, but also very good.

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London : Collins for the Crime Club, (1948). First British edition. A death in the Blitz leads to a family struggle for the money - and a murder. A full-length Poirot novel.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 192pp. Original orange-red cloth, blocked and lettered in black; some very mild using; a few faint marks, but overall a very good copy. Contemporary gift inscription and later ownership inscription of Mary Williams.

£40

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1949). First edition. "I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war ...".
Crown 8vo. 192pp. Original red cloth, blocked and lettered across spine in black; a few very minor signs of age and use; mild spotting of edges and endpapers, but a very good copy in a price-clipped dust-jacket - skilfully repaired and restored at extremities. Barzun & Taylor 760. Hubin p.79.

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1954). First edition. Disappearing scientist - and a setting in Casablanca and Morocco. Later published in the USA as "So Many Steps to Death".
Crown 8vo (20cm). (192)pp. Original orange-red boards, lettered and blocked across spine in black; edges very slightly tanned, but a very good, clean and sound copy in the original dust-jacket - faintly marked and very lightly worn, with a tiny inked calculation on lower panel, but otherwise very good. Barzun & Taylor 792. Hubin p.79.

£50

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1955). First edition. A Hercule Poirot mystery, later published in the USA as "Hickory Dickory Death".
Crown 8vo (20cm). (192)pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered on spine in black; some spotting of edges; light tanning to endpapers, but a very good and bright copy in the Kenneth Farnhill dust-jacket - lightly rubbed, slightly used and a touch dusty.

£50

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1957). First edition. "A Miss Marple story and one of the best of the latter-day Christies" (Barzun & Taylor). Published in the USA as "What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw".
Crown 8vo (20cm). 256pp. Original red boards, lettered and blocked across spine in black; edges just a touch dusty, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket - lightly sunned, a little marked on lower panel, and with a couple of short nicks, but also very good. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper.

£75

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1958). First edition. The murderer already tried and dead - but did he do it?
Crown 8vo (20cm). 256pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered across spine in black; a sliver of sunning to head of spine; few spots to edges and endpapers, but a very good, bright and sound copy in the original dust-jacket - an abstract design in orange black and blue on white - just very lightly rubbed and faintly spotted.

£50

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London : The Crime Club (William Collins, Sons & Co.), 1972. First edition. Hercule Poirot awaits a visit from Ariadne Oliver.
Post 8vo (21cm). 256pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered on spine in gilt; very faint spine crease; faint mark to top edge, but very good in the dust-jacket - price-clipped but otherwise very good and unworn.

£25

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London : Collins Crime Club, (1976). First edition. A previously unpublished Miss Marple, actually written in the 'forties.
Demy 8vo (22cm). 224pp. Original black boards, lettered across spine in gilt; a very good and clean copy in the dust-jacket - also very good, clean and unworn.

£40

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London : Collins Crime Club, (1976). First edition. A previously unpublished Miss Marple, actually written in the 'forties.
Demy 8vo (22cm). 224pp. Original black boards, lettered across spine in gilt; small and faint sticker residue on front free endpaper, but a very good and clean copy in the dust-jacket - just faintly sunned, very lightly creased, but also very good.

£25

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London : William Collins Sons & Co. (The Crime Club), (1979). First edition. Eight short stories - including six Miss Marples appearing in book form in the UK for the first time.
Demy 8vo (22cm). 138,[ii]pp. Original red boards, ruled,blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; a couple of slight marks, small and faint sticker residue on front free endpaper, but a very good copy in the pictorial dust-jacket - also very good.

£25

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