"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Evil Under The Sun.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1941. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.252 [4]. With an illustrated map of 'Leathercombe Bay', the scene of the crime. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 7/6. No inscriptions, bibliophile's attractive engraved bookplate [George Perkins, engraved by Desjours], contents clean, no spotting, jacket with some chips to spine ends, minor rubs/creases, spine panel toned. One of Christie's most famous mystery novels; Belgian detective Hercule Poirot interrupts his vacation on Smugglers' Island to help the local police investigate the murder of an attractive woman. Serves him right really, he should have learned from the works of Enid Blyton that nothing good can come of holidaying somewhere called Smuggler's Island. Basis for the 1982 movie starring Peter Ustinov, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith and James Mason. Item #75655
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