The 1940's
SAD CYPRESS.
1940. 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 8/3
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details-Pale Blue wrapper with a black Cyprus tree, author and
title in yellow.
ONE TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE. -US Title- THE PATRIOTIC MURDERS.
1940. 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-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details-Dark Brown wrapper with scenes from the nursery rhyme.
The title and author are in white on two diagonal green bands.
EVIL UNDER THE SUN.
1941. 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-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details-A beach scene with a bright yellow sun burning down.
N OR M ? (American edition predates English edition)
1941. Collins 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. No advertisements at rear. 192pp. Published at
7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Tommy & Tuppence Beresford.
Dust wrapper details-A purplish wrapper with author and title in black.
THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY. (American edition predates English edition)
1942. 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. 160pp. Published at
7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Miss Marple.
Dust wrapper details-Three bookshelves with the title picked out in red
on the spines of the books. Authors name in white beneath the shelves.
FIVE LITTLE PIGS. - US Title- MURDER IN RETROSPECT. (American edition predates English edition)
1942. 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. 192pp. Published at
8/-
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details - Yellow wrapper with five sketched in pigs. The title and
author are in red
THE MOVING FINGER. (American edition predates English edition)
1943. 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. 229pp. Published at
7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Miss Marple.
Dust wrapper details-A green wrapper with a black cobweb, with various people
and objects attatched. Lettered in Red.
TOWARDS ZERO. (American edition predates English edition)
1944. 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. 160pp. Published at
7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches.
Superintendent Battle.
Dust wrapper details-White wrapper with a golf club, a glove, and a bell.
Lettered in black.
DEATH COMES AS THE END. (American edition predates English edition)
1945. 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. 223pp. Published at
7/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Christies only historical mystery.
Dust wrapper details - A grey and blue wrapper showing an Egyptian funeral
barge.
SPARKLING CYANIDE. -US Title - REMEMBERED DEATH. (American edition predates English edition)
1945. 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. 160pp. Published at
8/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Colonel Race.
Dust wrapper details-Dark blue wrapper with A pale blue skull behind a
champagne glass. Title lettered in white author in yellow.
THE HOLLOW. -US Title - MURDER AFTER HOURS. (American edition predates English edition)
1946. Collins Crime Club. London.
Orange cloth lettered in black. Front boards plain. Crime Club Gunman faces
left on title page. Dated on reverse of title page. No advertisements at rear.
256pp. Published at 8/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details-Title and author against a coloured background.
THE LABOURS OF HERCULES. (American edition predates English edition)
1947. 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. 256pp. Published at
8/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot short stories.
Dust wrapper details-Black wrapper with the head of a pale blue-green Pekinese
dog.
Contains the following stories
1-Foreword
2-The Nemean Lion.
3-The Lernean Hydra.
4-The Arcadian Deer.
5-The Erymanthean Boar.
6-The Augean Stables.
7-The Stympalian Birds.
8-The Cretan Bull.
9-The Horse Of Diomedes.
10-The Girdle Of Hippolyta.
11-The Flock Of Geryon.
12-The Apple of Hesperides.
13-The Capture Of Cerberus.
TAKEN AT THE FLOOD. -US Title- THERE IS A TIDE. (American edition predates English edition)
1948. 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. 192pp. Published at
8/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Poirot.
Dust wrapper details-A stormy seascape lettered in white.
CROOKED HOUSE. (American edition predates English edition)
1949. 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. 192pp. Published at
8/6
Size-7½ x 5 inches
Dust wrapper details-A dark blue wrapper with a night scene of a twisted
cottage in a wood.
