"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
London: The Crime Club by Collins, M.G.M. 1953, 1963. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Beytagh, priced at 10/6. Together with 'Murder at the Gallop' Press Book for the 1963 film adaptation, pp.8, illustrated, stapled. Contents clean, no inscriptions, discreet ticket to pastedown. Jacket with one chip at foot of spine, some spotting/toning to edge and extremities. A very good copy. Press Book in fine condition. 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. Published 18 May 1953. This it the first edition in book form; an abridged serialisation appeared in John Bull Magazine, 21st March—2nd May 1953. Item #71970
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