❦Rare Books Intel

Three Act Tragedy

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

$1,204 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: The Crime Club Ltd. by W. Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1935. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252; [4 of advertisements]. Publisher's orange cloth with titles blocked in black to spine and front cover. Contents clean, edges gently spotted, no inscriptions, discreet archival strengthening strip to inside paper joint, retailer rubber stamp to rear pastedown, spine mottled/discoloured. Remains a very good copy of a scarce first. Poirot is a dinner guest of Sir Charles Cartwright at his home in Cornwall, the stage is set when a fellow diner expires after sipping a cocktail.

  • Publisher: London: The Crime Club Ltd. by W. Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1935
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Printing: first
  • Binding: unknown

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.