The Labours Of Hercules: Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie, - 1973-01-01

Pan Books, 1973-01-01. 1st Edn. 2nd.Imp.. Paperback. VG/ACC/ND. Box 35 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1973 (1947) * Publisher: Pan Books Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing a gun with numerous items including money, a hypo and items of jewellery. Black & white titles to face and to creased & faded spine strip. Some shelf wear to edges & corners, some damage to head & tail of spine. Creases and wear to both boards. ACC.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Some age darkening and marks to edges especially to top edges. VG * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 256 pp. text. * Description:- Description: This book was published in 1947 by The Collins Crime Club. This collection of short stories comprises a foreword and the following stories:- The Nemean Lion, The Lernaean Hydra, The Arcadian Deer, The Erymanthian Boar, The Augean Stables, The Stymphalean Birds, The Cretan Bull, The Horses of Diomedes, The Girdle of Hippolyta, The Flock of Geryon, The Apples of Hesperides and The Capture of Cerberus. Hercule Poirot’s take on the labours from Homer’s Iliad introduced to him in the foreword by Dr. Burton a fellow of All Souls who remarks that Hercule must be a contraction of Hercules.* This is an ACCEPTABLE copy of the 1st/2nd. with considerable age and wear.*