Books

London: Crime Club/Collins. 1964. 1st ed thus, octavo, original red cloth boards with (original) title in black lettering on spine, original dustjacket, price-clipped. Spine of dustjacket faded, small area of loss and abrasion to inner corner of rear panel of d.j., small tear inner corner of spine of d.j., very small closed tear to edges. Sunday School prize (!) bookplate front endpaper, dated "1964 /5", otherwise clean, boards bright and clean, contents clean. Near-fine condition in very good protected dust-jacket. Scarce in this condition. The Agatha Christie novel now known as 'And Then There Were None', first published in 1939, under its original and notorious title. This is the first 1964 printing: there was a later reprint in 1972 and then the title was withdrawn. Scarce thus, and highly collectable. 1st thus. Boards in d.j..

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.

The first edition will state 'First Published 1939' on the copyright page and the dust jacket will show the original price of 7s. 6d.