The Hound of Death and other stories. by Christie, Agatha - 1963

Fontana & Collins, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. 1964. First Fontana Edition. 190 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are moderately tanned with a few small nicks along text block edge. Minor dog-eared corners, with a stamp on half title page. Cover has moderate shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with slight curling to corners. Mild crushing to spine ends, with visible reading creases down spine. Water drops on front cover. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Lightly tanned overall.

Fontana Press, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. Third Impression. 190 pages. Pictorial paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Fontana Books, London, 1972. 190 pp, fine copy in pictorial, limp wrappers.. Great "skull" cover

London: Pan Books G377 1961 3rd Printing Paperback GD+

LONDON: Odhams Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. used hardcover copy lacking a dust jacket. book is somewhat shelfworn and corners a bit bumped. covers may be a bit scuffed and outer edge of page block somewhat dusty/discolored with age. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight otherwise. there are no marks to the text.

Pan Books, London 1960. Pan Books, 1960, First Edition in Paperback. Spine slightly sunned and wear to extremities. Slight browning to pages. Otherwise a nice clean copy

W. Collins & Sons. 2014. W. Collins & Sons. London. 2014. Facsimile edition. Hardback with DW. Red cloth boards. A lovely copy.

London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1940. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A very scarce edition of this anthology of short stories from master of crime fiction, Agatha Christie. A very scarce edition of 'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie's collection of short stories, here in the Crime Club uniform edition of 1940. There were no more UK Crime Club hardcovers of this book issued until 1965.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'.Containing the first appearance of 'Witness for the Prosecution' which later became a successful stage-play. Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers in the English language, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for the iconic crime solvers Hercule Poirot… Read More

Collins , 1965. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/Good. Reprint, 1965. Publication of 190 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and minor spill marks on the inside of the dust jacket. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1940. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce early edition of these popular short stories by Agatha Christie, which includes the first appearance in text of 'Witness of the Prosecution'. A very scarce edition of 'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie's collection of short stories, here in the Crime Club uniform edition of 1940. There were no more UK Crime Club hardcovers of this book issued until 1965.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… Read More