Agatha Christie — 1962 the Mirror Crack&Apos;D from Side to Side
London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this Miss Marple mystery, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.Bound in the publisher's original binding and unclipped dust wrapper.This novel sees amateur detective Miss Marple solving a mystery in St Mary Mead, where an American actress Marina Gregg has recently moved and bought Gossington Hall, once the home of Marple's friend Dolly Bantry. From "Queen of Crime", Agatha Christie, one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total, the most popular of which typically revolve around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Bound in the publisher's original binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, sound. Damp staining to lower boards, more severe to rear board with cloth mottling and tiding from dust wrapper to lower extremity. Minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Very faint tiding to lower rear paste down. Front hinge starting. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Amateur reinforcements to reverse wrap, repairing edge wear at fold extremities and head and tail of spine. Tiding from cloth to lower reverse dust wrapper with some bleed through. Some light soiling to panels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with fore edge slightly spotted. Good . Ill.: None. Good/Good.