Description
A first edition, first printing of The Clocks by Agatha Christie, published by Collins, London in 1963. A near fine book without inscriptions, bumping to the corners of front and rear boards, some toning to the text block, a tear to the edge of front paste-down, various small eruptions of graffiti on prelims, the stamp of The Cunard Steamship Company Limited, November 1963 to front and rear paste-downs. In a very good unclipped wrapper with chipping to the spine tips, chipping to the knuckles of front and rear flap folds, fading to the spine, a closed tear to the edge of rear flap fold. Jacket design by Michael Harvey.
The Clocks by Agatha Christie is an ingenious Hercule Poirot mystery beginning when typist Sheila Webb discovers an unidentified corpse in a blind woman’s sitting room, surrounded by several clocks all indicating the same time. Inspector Hardcastle investigates with Colin Lamb, an intelligence agent pursuing an espionage trail. Poirot accepts the challenge of solving the murder largely from his armchair. Christie combines an elaborate domestic puzzle with Cold War intrigue, false identities and manipulated evidence.
