Christie (Agatha) Cards on the Table, first edition, ownership name on lightly cockled front free endpaper, some light fore-edge spotting with one or two straying onto margins, otherwise internally clean, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine sunned but lettering still bold, rectangular strip of light fading on upper cover, faint spotting to upper edge, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1/2cm strip of trimming to upper edge just touching lettering on spine, some chipping to corners, light nicks and fraying to extremities, light surface marking and discoloration mainly to lower panel, slight shelf-lean, still a sharp and bright example, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1936.

⁂ Features the first appearance of Ariadne Oliver in a Poirot novel.

One of the classic Hercule Poirot mysteries, the novel revolves around a dinner party hosted by the enigmatic Mr. Shaitana, who boasts of collecting people who have “gotten away with murder.” Scarce with such a bright and unrestored jacket.