Christie (Agatha) Poirot Investigates
£495
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1941.
Cheap edition, third impression. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, with price sticker ‘4/6’ to inside front flap.
Fourteen short stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Hastings, Christie’s first short story collection. Scarce when still with the attractive dust-jacket by Abbey.
In stock
Minor foxing; cloth a little rubbed and bumped but overall very good; jacket with some rubbing and minor creasing, slight chipping to corners, but overall an attractive example.
Jacket artwork by Abbey.
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