"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1966. [Murder mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Recently re-bound in green half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. With the original spine bound in at rear. Some spotting to edges and preliminaries, otherwise a clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. When a young girl vaguely confesses to a possible murder she's not sure she committed, the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is thrown for a loop. The girl with a secret subsequently disappears, and no one's talking. Item #70758
Price: £175.00
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