Odhams Press

    Agatha Christie, The Hound of Death, first edition, 1933

    Detective Fiction

    Christie (Agatha) The Hound of Death

    £350


    and other stories
    London, Odhams Press, 1933.

    First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.

    A collection of twelve stories, mostly tales of fate and the supernatural rather than orthodox detection. Features the first-book appearance of 'The Witness for the Prosecution,' later adapted into a hit stage play and Billy Wilder's 1957 film with Charles Laughton and Marlene Dietrich.

    Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, n.d.

    Horror & Gothic

    Poe (Edgar Allan) Tales of Mystery and Imagination

    £150



    London, Odhams Press, n.d..

    'Deluxe' edition. 8vo. Original faux leather cloth. Dust-jacket, stating 'De Luxe'.

    An attractive collected edition of Poe's short fiction, bringing together key tales of horror, psychological disturbance, and early detective narrative.