Agatha Christie — The Pale Horse

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Agatha Christie's thrilling murder mystery, in the original dust wrapper. A Christie work with an unusually supernatural theme. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Christie's thrilling mystery follows the narrator Mark Easterbrook as he investigates a list of names and the death of a Catholic Priest. With a small appearance from Christie's novelist detective Ariadne Oliver.This novel is notable among Christie's books as it is credited with having saved at least two lives, after readers recognised the symptoms of thallium poisoning from the description in the book. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, vibrant, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. Dust wrapper rear wrap age toned, with rubbing to folds over joints, and closed tear to front wrap head. Further closed tear to tail of front wrap, with edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head. To dust wrapper reverse at tail of rear wrap is offsetting from the red cloth of the book. Former owner has crossed out the price to the front flyleaf in ink. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.