"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme
London: For The Crime Club, by Collins, 1940. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. A Poirot mystery. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252; [3] advertisements; [1] blank. Publishers' orange cloth with black titles, illustrated dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6. Contents clean and bright, neat ink name to endpaper 'Richard Rennick Christmas 1940', cloth with a few light marks, chips to jacket now expertly repaired and presents well. A particularly pleasing example. A rather personal case for Hercule Poirot, as he investigates the death of his dentist. Item #74143
Price: £2,250.00
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