Agatha Christie — Hallowe&Apos;En Party
London, The Crime Club, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition, first impression of Christie's spooky classic detective tale. A first edition, first impression. Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. This work of detective fiction features Christie's famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot and recurring character, mystery novelist, Ariadne Oliver. The novel is set at a Hallowe'en party where a girl claims to witness a murder when she was younger. The young girl is then found murdered herself. Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific crime writers of the twentieth century. Her work consists of 66 detective novels, 150 short stories and 19 plays; she is the writer of the world's longest running play, The Mousetrap which has been on stage since 1952. Christie is also one of the bestselling novelists of all time and her works rank highly in the most-widely published books. Â Bound in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Only very minor bumping to extremities, particularly the head and tail of spine and upper rear joint. The odd mark to boards. Front hinge starting. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Only minor sunning. Prominent loss to the lower rear panel, otherwise a single closed tear to front wrap at upper fold. Tape reinforcements to reverse wrap at head and tail of spine and folds at extremities. Scattered spotting to reverse wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Small nicks to fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.