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London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1966. [Murder mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's patterned red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 18s. Page edges toned, ink name 'M.Stevenson' to endpaper, jacket toned to extremities, a few minor nicks. 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 #74149
Price: £65.00
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