PROBLEM AT POLLENSA BAY AND OTHER STORIES. by CHRISTIE**, AGATHA:

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.This copyrighted collection of short stories first published together 1991.Four of the stories have never before been published in either the UK,Australia or South Africa in book form.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with gilt and b/w lettering,rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph; with some minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Heavily dented/bumped to foot of spine/backstrip - as if book has been dropped at some stage; with concomitant bumping+ creasing and ruching to dw/dj.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-227pp [paginated] includes 8 chapter/stories; plus [unpaginated] 2pp note about the author,half-title+title pages,contents list/table,individual title separator pages for each story,and 4pp blanks at the rear.An anthology/collection of 8 previously written between 1925 to 1937 and 1 in 1971,short stories; under copyrighted names of Agatha Christie Mallowan and Agatha Christie.Many of Christie's most famous characters are here,including the redoubtable Hercule Poirot,who makes his appearance in 'Yellow Iris',when an anonymous telephone call summons him to a supper party at a fashionable restaurant.Is it merely coincidence that exactly four years ago at the very same table the guests gathered there witnessed the strange and tragic suicide of the host's wife? Parker Pyne, that well-known 'specialist in unhappiness',resolves a difficult matter of the heart with charm and compelling ingenuity in 'Problem at Pollensa Bay'. In 'The Regatta Mystery' he turns his remarkable powers of observation to a puzzling matter.During a glamorous yachting party hosted by Mr Isaac Pointz,one of the guests at the lunch table takes the light-hearted challenge to steal his precious diamond,the Morning Star,very seriously indeed.The stone disappears without trace,yet none of the guests has left the room. . . In 'The Harlequin's Tea Set',Mr Sattersthwaite's chance meeting with the most enigmatic of men,Harley Quin,turns a peaceful country weekend into a chance to prevent a bizarre and colourful tea-time murder.For all those readers for whom Agatha Christie is the undisputed Queen of Crime,these and the other stories that make up this immensely enjoyable collection will be an important and welcome addition to the Christie canon.
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