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London: Hamlyn. 1970. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Inside of dustjacket has a light watermark to lower edge - no other signs of water damage. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 511pages. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972. [Mystery / Crime] COMPLETE SET AS PUBLISHED. In 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to red backing on spines, and further gilt and red decoration to uppers. Top edges and endpapers orange. All volumes with the original photographic dust-jackets, not priced. Also with the original publisher's prospectus for the series, predicting a total of 20 volumes, loosely inserted to volume I. Very little fading to some jacket spines, and some minor general wear to extremities, toning/spotting of edges etc. Near fine. This impressive collection was issued over a two-year period and is complete as published. It includes all Christie's published crime novels up to 1971, with a new foreword by the author in the first volume. Known originally as one of the four Queens of Crime, Christie's prominence has grown to the point where to many she is simply The Queen. This collection features many novels that changed the face of the crime genre, and… Read More

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972. [Mystery / Crime] LEATHER BOUND SET. Complete in 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Handsomely bound in black half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and navy cloth over boards. A few minor spots to volume containing 'Lord Edgware Dies.' Marginal archival repairs to title and contents leaf of volume containing 'Ordeal by Innocence.' Otherwise a clean set presented in an attractive new leather binding. This impressive collection was issued over a two-year period and is complete as published. It includes all her published crime novels up to 1971, with a new foreword by the author in the first volume. Known originally as one of the four Queens of Crime, Christie's prominence has grown to the point where to many she is simply The Queen. This collection features many novels that changed the face of the crime genre, and are regarded as masterpieces of fiction.

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972. [Mystery / Crime] LEATHER BOUND SET. Complete in 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Handsomely bound in red half calf, with raised bands ruled in gilt, twin black title labels lettered in gilt, matching red cloth over boards, top edges gilt. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine set in an attractive recent leather binding. This impressive collection was issued over a two-year period and is complete as published. It includes all her published crime novels up to 1971, with a new foreword by the author in the first volume. Known originally as one of the four Queens of Crime, Christie's prominence has grown to the point where to many she simply is The Queen. This collection features many novels that changed the face of the crime genre, and are regarded as masterpieces of fiction.