Poirot and the Regatta Mystery

Agatha Christie

Verlag: Vallancey Press Limited, London, 1944

A very scarce Poirot short story by the queen of crime fiction Agatha Christie, a sought-after story. A very scarce work.First edition thus, being the first time this story with Poirot as the protagonist detective was published in book form in the U.K.'Poirot and the Regatta Mystery' is a typically gripping Agatha Christie short story, following a diamond merchant and his party as they descend from their yacht to enjoy festivities at the beach. Not long into the party the youngest member decides to play a trick with a £30,000 diamond, which suddenly escalated into a grant jewel theft. Poirot is called in to solve the disappearance by a man who pleads that he is not the thief.The original form of this story, which was adapted to feature Parker Pyne as the detective for the 1939 publication of 'The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories'.This Poirot-centered tale first appeared in 'The Strand Magazine' in June 1936, and 'The Chicago Tribune' in May 1936.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Published by F. Hugh Vallancey, a philatelist and editor whose business was destroyed during the Blitz in 1941. He published this title and two others by Christie after 1942 when he was building up his publishing press again, before being forced to retire due to poor health in 1948. The other Christie tales he published in the same format were 'Crime in Cabin 66' and 'The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest'. In the original publisher's card boards. Externally, spotted. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 876P29

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Poirot and the Regatta Mystery
Verlag: Vallancey Press Limited, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1944
Einband: Hardback
Illustrator: None
Zustand: Very Good
Art des Buches: book