Christie (Agatha) 4.50 from Paddington
£195
London, Colliins Crime Club, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
Two trains side by side for a brief moment… in that moment, a murder… The first edition of this Miss Marple murder mystery.
Out of stock
Ink name to front free endpaper, bookseller’s small sticker to front pastedown, a little very light foxing; boards slightly softened at head of spine; jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, spine very slightly faded.
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