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Poirot's Early Cases: First Edition
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Manchester , Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
- First edition, 1974, Collins Crime Club, Hardback, 256 pages.
- Original boards, original dust jacket.
This crime novel is a collection of short stories, starring Hercule Poirot, before he was a well known detective. There are eighteen cases within this book. These stories were made into a television series. There is slight wear to the dust jacket, but other than that it is in fine condition. There are no inscriptions, the price page is clipped.
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Synopsis
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Poirot's Early Cases;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous ‘grey cells’ so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur Hastings—including what would appear to be the earliest Poirot short story, ‘The Affair at the Victory Ball,’ which follows soon on the events of The Mysterious Affair at Styles.Two of the stories are narrated by Poirot himself, to Hastings. One, ‘The Chocolate Box,’ concerns Poirot’s early days on the Belgian police force, and the case that was his greatest failure: ‘My grey cells, they functioned not at all,’ Poirot admits. But otherwise, in this most fascinating collection, they function brilliantly, Poirot’s grey cells, challenging the reader to keep pace at every twist and turn.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Canon & Rare Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHR-0124
- Title
- Poirot's Early Cases
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Crime Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Collins Crime Club Christie first edition
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