1936

1936 - 1939

THE A.B.C. MURDERS.

1936. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". Crime Club Gunman faces left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.252pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot & Hastings.
Dust wrapper details-A predominantly brown cover with a bright yellow A.B.C. Railway guide.

MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA.

1936. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author, "A Poirot Story" and "The Crime Club". Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.284pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7¾ x 5 inches.
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details-A mounted figure looking down across excavations.

CARDS ON THE TABLE.

1936. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. No advertisements at rear.286pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7¾ x 5 inches.
Poirot, Race, Battle & Mrs Oliver !
Dust wrapper details-An array of Playing cards spread over a card table.

DUMB WITNESS. -US Title- POIROT LOSES A CLIENT.

DUMB WITNESS. - POIROT LOSES A CLIENT.

1937. The Book Club. London.
Pale lemon and red quarter cloth lettered in black. Front boards plain..316 pp. Published at 2/6. First (and only ! ) illustrated edition.
4 plates including Christie photographed as the victim!
Size-7¾ x 5 inches.
Poirot & Hastings.
Dust wrapper details-A predominantly purple wrapper with a will spread across it.

DEATH ON THE NILE.

1937. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman absent from title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.284pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7¾ x 5 inches.
Poirot & Colonel Race.
Dust wrapper details-The SS Karnak sailing down the Nile with two gigantic carved figures in the cliff behind.

MURDER IN THE MEWS. --US Title- DEAD MAN'S MIRROR.

1937.Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.280pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7¾ x 5 inches.
Poirot short stories.
Dust wrapper details-A light on a stone wall illuminates a cobbled street with a car parked in a mews. Fireworks light up the sky behind.
Contains the following stories;
1-Murder in the Mews.
2-The Incredible Theft.
3-Dead Man's Mirror.
4-Triangle at Rhodes.

APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH.

1938. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.252pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7¾ x 5 inches.
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details - Bedouin looking down over a valley and temple ruins.

HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS. -US Title- MURDER FOR CHRISTMAS.

1939. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". First issue has the top of "Hercule" 7mm from the top of the spine ,on later issues it is 14mm from the top. Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.251pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7¾ x 5 inches.
Poirot
Dust wrapper details-A red Wrapper lettered in white, with snowflakes drifting down the page.

MURDER IS EASY. -US Title- EASY TO KILL.

1939. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.254pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Dust wrapper details-A Green wrapper with a witches broomstick in front of a cloud.

TEN LITTLE NIGGERS. - US Title - AND THEN THERE WERE NONE.

1939. Colins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Spine has Title, Author and "The Crime Club". Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces right on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. Advertisement section at rear.252pp. Published at 7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Dust wrapper details-Green wrapper lettered in red.A hand picked out in white outline hovers over a black figure.

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