"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Towards Zero.
London: Collins, 1944. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by J.Z. Atkinson, priced at 7s. 6d. to front flap. Contents clean, neat owner name, some dustiness to covers and jacket, chipped at spine ends of wrapper, toned to spine, rubbed at joints. Overall a very good copy. 'Towards Zero' marks the fifth and final appearance of Hercule Poirot's trusty ally Superintendent Battle, who must work hard to solve the murder of Lady Tresillian. Item #69955
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