Dumb Witness
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First edition
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1937. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. An uncommon first edition of Agatha Christie s classic Hercule Poirot mystery in which a dead woman s belated letter points to murder within her own family. In the publisher s original cloth binding. An uncommon UK first edition, first impression. A Golden Age detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings. After the wealthy Emily Arundell suffers a suspicious fall, she writes privately to Poirot, fearing that a member of her family intends to kill her. Her letter arrives only after her death, leaving Poirot to investigate a household of expectant heirs and a crime attributed rather conveniently to the victim s dog. Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was the most successful detective novelist of the twentieth century and the creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Dumb Witness is the final Poirot novel narrated by Hastings until Curtain, published nearly four decades later. An appealing example of one of Christie s classic country-house mysteries. With four pages of publisher s advertisements to the rear. In the publisher s original cloth binding. Externally, sound. Fading and discolouration to the boards and spine, with slight rubbing to the extremities.resulting in minor loss to cloth. One or two light handling marks to boards. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper with ink shelf annotation stamping. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages brigh
- Publisher: The Crime Club by Collins
- Year: 1937
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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