By Agatha Christie
London   Odhams Press Limited
7.5" by 5" [6], 7-247pp
The first edition of this selection of Agatha Christie's mystery short stories, including the story 'The Witness for the Prosecution'.
By Agatha Christie

1933 The Hound of Death and Other Stories

London   Odhams Press Limited
7.5" by 5" [6], 7-247pp
The first edition of this selection of Agatha Christie's mystery short stories, including the story 'The Witness for the Prosecution'.
£250.00
: 0.5kgs / : 757P28

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work.

A collection of twelve short stories, containing 'The Hound of Death', 'The Red Signal', 'The Fourth Man', 'The Gypsy', 'The Lamp', 'Wireless', 'The Witness for the Prosecution', 'The Mystery of the Blue Jar', 'The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael', 'The Call of Wings', 'The Last Seance', and 'SOS'.

'The Witness for the Prosecution' is notable as Christie later adapted the story into an award-winning play.

Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with discolouration and marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few odd spots.

Very Good

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