CHRISTIE, AGATHA — Ten Little Niggers

London : Collins / Fontana Books 3/6 1966. Fontana 1355. Third impression. Reprint of first Fontana 1963; First Published: 1939Later published as Ten little Indians / And Then There Were None. 190 p. SOFTCOVER: (Orig. paperback.Previous owner's name in pen. In GOOD /used condition) VERY RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER Collector’s item. Complaints about the perjorative nature of the original title resulted in it being renamed with the last line of the original rhyme And Then There Were None for the American publication. The Nigger island became Soldier Island. In the version published as TEN LITTLE INDIANS, we have Indian Island. "it is Christie's best-selling novel with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever”, Each of the ten guests has been responsible for at least one death, and in each of their rooms is a framed copy of the original "Ten Little.. " rhyme which details how each of the ensuing deaths will occur. The reader will find himself/herself consulting that page in the book to see how the next death will be accomplished. The guests do that too as they realise that the person committing the murders has to be one of them. On the dining room table are ten china figurines and as a guest dies, so the number of figurines is reduced.