Hickory Dickory Dock Christie, Agatha Agatha Christie,Detective Fiction,Modern First Editions

First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Typographical brick red dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards. Clean textblock edges. Appears unread with no inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is fresh and clean. A couple of short closed tears only. Clean rear wrapper panel. Not price clipped but no price on front flap. A very attractive copy of a title hard to find without a heavily faded spine. Wagstaff & Poole p.205. A Hercule Poirot mystery. Poirot is called in to investigate a student hostel. Vandalised and stolen items include an old pair of flannel trousers, a stethoscope and a box of chocolates. A diamond ring is found in a bowl of soup and Poirot congratulates the Warden on a "unique and beautiful problem"