Agatha Christie – The Sittaford Mystery – First Paperback Edition 1948
£185.00
First paperback edition, first printing of The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie, published by Penguin in London, 1948. A near fine copy, the spine is slightly creased and toned with light bumping at the spine tips, the internals are clean and free from inscriptions, with toning to the text blocks.
The novel features Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp. An American actress married to Lord Edgware asks Poirot to aid her in getting a divorce from her husband. Poirot agrees to help her, meeting her husband. That evening, the actress is seen at a dinner with thirteen guests, which has an associated superstition. By the next morning Lord Edgware and another American actress are found murdered, each at their own homes. Poirot investigates.
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First paperback edition, first printing of The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie, published by Penguin in London, 1948. A near fine copy, the spine is slightly creased and toned with light bumping at the spine tips, the internals are clean and free from inscriptions, with toning to the text blocks.
The novel features Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp. An American actress married to Lord Edgware asks Poirot to aid her in getting a divorce from her husband. Poirot agrees to help her, meeting her husband. That evening, the actress is seen at a dinner with thirteen guests, which has an associated superstition. By the next morning Lord Edgware and another American actress are found murdered, each at their own homes. Poirot investigates.
