"Beware of the person of one book."
— Thomas Aquinas

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 276 [2]. Publisher's grey quarter cloth, with red titles to spine, and red paper over boards. Top edge red, and grey endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at $4.50. Crisp and clean internally, with some spotting to top edge, and a little bumping to top corners. A touch of light wear to jacket. Near fine. The son of Superintendent Battle, the long-time partner of Hercule Poirot, calls the Belgian detective to a quiet seaside resort to help unravel the murder of the man with the clocks, resulting in the most baffling puzzle of Poirot's career—and one of Christie's most ingenious. Item #62236
Price: £55.00