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CHRISTIE, Agatha

The Complete Hercule Poirot Short Stories

The Complete Hercule Poirot Short Stories

London: The Folio Society, [2003]

Illustrated by BROWN, Christopher

£138.00
£138.00
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Agatha Christie, The Complete Hercule Poirot Short Stories. London: The Folio Society, 2003. First printing thus. 228 × 150 × 35–37 mm. 3 vols (see below). Type: Bell with Gill Sans for display. Printed and bound by Cambridge University Press. Full linen (a different colour for each volume) with a design in black, white and another colour by Christopher Brown. Brown-grey f lecked three-volume slip case titled (as above) and decorated in black and white. The three volumes are as follows: 

[1] Agatha Christie, The Complete Hercule Poirot Short Stories, Volume 1, introduction by Maxim Jakubowski, illustrations by Christopher Brown. Pp. [i–viii] ix–xv [xvi], 1–344 [345–348]: [10] leaves of ‘plates’. Binding: blue-green, third colour grey; grey endleaves. This volume contains 22 stories.

[2] Agatha Christie, The Complete Hercule Poirot Short Stories, Volume 2, illustrations by Christopher Brown. Pp. [i–viii], 1–352 [353–356]: [10] leaves of ‘plates’. Binding: grey-green, third colour green; green endleaves. This volume contains 12 stories.

[3] Agatha Christie, The Complete Hercule Poirot Short Stories, Volume 3, illustrations by Christopher Brown. Pp. [i–viii], 1–371 [372]: [10] leaves of ‘plates’. Binding: pale orange, third colour dark yellow; dark yellow endleaves. This volume contains 16 stories, plus the foreword to the collection The Labours of Hercules.

Good minus books, with a few small foxing spots to edges, discolouration to spines, a small bump to head of spine on the second volume, a light bump to the corner of the first volume, and that show a few small, faded marks to spine and covers; else fine. In a good slipcase that is lightly bumped to rear and the is a little discoloured around the opening.

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