1936
252 [4]pp.
The Crime Club by Collins, London. 

The highly desirable first edition of this darker Poirot novel, by the Queen of Detective Fiction, Agatha Christie. 

The first edition, first impression with no further impressions stated. First editions of this work are increasingly hard to find. 

Lacking the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. 

In the original publisher’s orange cloth binding. With two leaves of publisher’s advertisements to the rear of the work. 

In The ABC Murders, Hercule Poirot faces a serial killer who murders victims in alphabetical order, leaving clues and taunting letters. A classic story, and one of Christie's darker titles. 

In the publisher’s original cloth binding. Externally in excellent condition with just minor bumping to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. The odd mark to the board. Slight fading to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with age toning, due to paper used.

Grading: VERY GOOD.