Mrs. McGinty's Dead / Murder Most Foul (First Edition hardback and Press book for the film).

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

London: The Crime Club by Collins, M.G.M. 1952, 1964. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188; [4], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 9/6. Together with 'Murder Most Foul' Press Book for the 1964 film adaptation, pp.6, illustrated. Hardback; Contents clean, neat ink inscription to free endpaper, jacket a little edge worn, with a triangular chip at crown. Very good indeed. Press Book in fine condition. "Mrs McGinty was dead. She was hit on the back of the head with some sharp, heavy implement and her pitifully small savings were taken... The inimitable Poirot, with his slightly comical aspect, his "little grey cells" and his genuinely warm heart, returns in an ingenious detective novel that once again earns for Agatha Christie the justifiable epithet of "incomparable"." The book was the basis for the 1964 M-G-M film which, in an unusual move, saw the character of Hercule Poirot replaced by Miss Marple (portrayed by Margaret Rutherford). The British ensemble cast included Ron Moody, Terry Scott, James Bolam and Windsor Davies. Item #71974

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