"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway

London: Collins for the Crime Club, [1953]. [Crime Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin red labels on spine, and marbled paper over boards. All edges lightly trimmed. Light spotting throughout, otherwise crisp and clean. Presented in an attractive new leather binding. A Hercule Poirot mystery, published as 'Funerals are Fatal' in America. Basis for the 1963 film 'Murder at the Gallop', although Miss Marple replaced Poirot as the sleuth for the big screen. Item #66086
Price: £175.00
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