Taken at the Flood.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976).

London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1948. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange hardback cloth binding, blocked to spine in black, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. No inscriptions, contents clean, some spotting to edges, jacket with some nicks and tears plus some chips/losses to edges. Still a very good copy- the fragile wrapper for this title is prone to paper loss and wear. Set in post-war Britain, in which euphoria has turned to discontent, even among the landed gentry. This intrigue involving Poirot, concerns the Cloade family, whose fortunes are in the hands of an attractive young family member, recently widowed... The novel was titled 'There Is a Tide' in the USA. Item #71973

Wagstaff and Poole p.198. Cooper and Pike; Detective Fiction p.82-89.

Price: £350.00