Agatha Christie — Dead Man&Apos;S Folly

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1956. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Agatha Christie's 'Dead Man Folly', a mystery featuring Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver. First edition.With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper.Dead Man"s Folly sees the return of Ariadne Oliver, who summons Poirot to a country house to investigate a lingering suspicion, which she fears might lead to something serious.Agatha Christie wrote the story with the intention of donating the proceeds to a fund set up to buy stained glass windows for her local church at Churston Ferrers, and she filled the story with references to local places, including her own home of Greenway. In the original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with minimal shelf wear. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minor handling marks visible to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.