The Hollow CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976) Literature

[Detective fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 256 [2]. Elegantly hand bound in half red calf over cloth-covered sides, gilt titles to spine, original foil-stamped cloth spine bound in at rear. Contents clean, small brown mark/spot to fore-edge, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. A typical day in the life of Belgian detective Poirot, who arrives at a country house luncheon party, only to discover his host and other guests by the swimming pool, their attention focused on a woman holding a revolver standing over a dying man. Published as 'Murder After Hours' in the USA.