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Ten Little , Agatha Christie, Collins / Crime Club, 1939, First Edition First Impression, Facsimile DJ. Now one of the rarest Christie novels to find as a first edition first impression. With over 100 million copies sold this novel is one of the best-selling books of all time. The plot is structured around the ten lines of the children's counting rhyme. Each of the ten victims - eight guests plus the island's two caretakers - is killed in a manner which reflects one of the lines of the rhyme. The unspeakable title was quickly changed from this to Ten Little Indians and And Then There Were None. A First Edition, First Impression in good condition. The book has a slight lean and the binding is a touch loose but sound. Tape repairs to boards and endpaper joins. The boards clean apart from marks to the front board and the lettering on the spine bright. The end papers and pages are free from marks, tears or inscriptions other than some foxing and a stamp to the first page of text. The new facsimile dust jacket, protected in a clear removable cover, is perfect making this resplendent on the shelf and an impressive addition to a library or a wonderful gift. Will be carefully packaged in bubblewrap and a cardboard box and dispatched by courier fully insured.

One of Agatha Christie's most famous works, 'And Then There Were None' narrates the story of ten strangers invited to a distant island under different pretenses. Methodically, they are killed off according to an old nursery rhyme. With no way to escape and no one else on the island, the survivors quickly realize that the murderer is among them.