Agatha Christie - Cat Among the Pigeons - First Edition

CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976).

Cat Among the Pigeons.

London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1959.

FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine. Dust-jacket.

Internally clean, toned to edges, extensive gift inscription to flyleaf. Binding shows well, a little pushed to spine ends. Price clipped dust-jacket retains it's colour well, gently toned to spine, old tape reinforcement to the reverse along the top and bottom, a couple of chips to rear panel, some amateur touching up of the colour to the fold between to the spine and rear panels and along the the top edge of the latter plus under the "ti" of Christie to the front panel. A presentable copy. Very good.

Meadowbank is one of the most exclusive girls' schools in England. Unthinkable that there should be a murder at Meadowbank. But a train of violence, starting in the Middle East and involving jewels, intrigue and secret agents, did in fact reach its deadly climax within the distinguished precincts of the school itself. Poirot investigates...