The Hound of Death, Agatha Christie Collection, Vol 40.

Planet Three, 2003-01-01. First Thus. Hardcover. VG++/VG+/ND. Box 10 HARDBACK ""VOLUME 40 IN THE AGATHA CHRISTIE COLLECTION SERIES,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus, Reprint.* Pub: Planet Three Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Dark maroon cloth with small inset colour picture showing a crystal ball on a stand, gilt title to black spine strip and gilt title to face. No bumps or rubs, minor scrapes to front boards, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper, as issued.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Patterned and coloured end papers (purple marbling). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight toning to top edge. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 207 pp. text. ii pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: This title was first published in the UK by Odhams Press in October 1933. This was the first time that a Christie book had been published in the UK but not in the US, although all the stories contained within it appeared in later US collections. Unusually, most of these are tales of fate and the supernatural, with comparatively little detective content. This collection is most notable for the first appearance in a book of Christie's short story The Witness for the Prosecution. The author subsequently wrote an award-winning play based on this story which has been adapted for film and twice for television.* A NEAR FINE text copy with minor age and wear reducing it to VG+. No dust jacket.* 0