Agatha Christie – Peril at End House – First Paperback Edition 1948
£150.00
First paperback edition, first printing of Peril at End House by Agatha Christie, published by Penguin in London, 1948. This is a near fine copy, the soft cover has some slight edge wear and is toned at the spine, some adhesive surface damage to front paper board, toning to the text block.
The book features Christie’s private detective Hercule Poirot, as well as Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, and is the sixth novel featuring Poirot. Poirot and Hastings vacation in Cornwall, meeting young Magdala “Nick” Buckley and her friends. He is persuaded that someone is out to kill her. They meet all of her friends at her home called End House. Though he aims to protect Nick, a murder happens that provokes Poirot to mount a serious investigation.
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First paperback edition, first printing of Peril at End House by Agatha Christie, published by Penguin in London, 1948. This is a near fine copy, the soft cover has some slight edge wear and is toned at the spine, some adhesive surface damage to front paper board, toning to the text block.
The book features Christie’s private detective Hercule Poirot, as well as Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, and is the sixth novel featuring Poirot. Poirot and Hastings vacation in Cornwall, meeting young Magdala “Nick” Buckley and her friends. He is persuaded that someone is out to kill her. They meet all of her friends at her home called End House. Though he aims to protect Nick, a murder happens that provokes Poirot to mount a serious investigation.
