Christie (Agatha) Sad Cypress
£225
London, Collins Crime Club, 1940.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth.
Decent first edition of this tale of a tangled web of love, jealousy, and murder, seeing Hercule Poirot investigate the death of a young woman accused of poisoning her rival.
In stock
Minor spotting; cloth somewhat spotted and dulled/rubbed.
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