Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - 1939

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1939. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The scarce first edition of this festive novel by the Queen of Detective Fiction, Agatha Christie. In the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. In the very scarce unrestored first state unclipped dust wrapper, priced 7s 6d. With three pages of advertisements to the rear of the work. From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts.A festive murder mystery novel in which Hercule Poirot investigates the death of a frail old man over the Christmas period, when he unexpectedly invites his whole family to join him to celebrate the holidays.Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart with light damp stain to head of front board. Dust wrapper is smart with the occasional closed tear and chip, slightly more severe to the head of the spot. Sunned to the spine, as is common with this work. The odd spot and handling mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to the fore edge. Very Good