Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Condition: Fair

Binding has cracked along the inner hinge - pages beginning to loosen. Lower spine corner is heavily bumped and creased. Library stamp on spine. Pages deeply tanned throughout. A reading copy only.

"It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man."

Fontana Books fourth impression (November 1963), originally priced at 3/6. A genuinely scarce survivor of this early Fontana printing. The binding has cracked along the inner hinge and the lower spine corner is heavily bumped; pages are richly tanned throughout. Best suited to a reader who appreciates the rarity of the edition rather than a collector seeking near-fine condition.