Agatha Christie — Destination Unknown

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1954 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this spy thriller by Agatha Christie, an exhilarating departure from her usual genre. In the bright original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.An unusual work by Christie, this novel follows a young woman who is persuaded to embark on a suicide mission to find a missing scientist. With nuclear scientists, international intrigue and a touch of romance, Agatha Christie takes her readers on an adventure far removed from the country houses and cosy murders of English villages. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine, but with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. A touch of sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with significant handling marks to rear wrap. Closed tears to back strip tail and front wrap tail. Edgewear and further closed tear to back strip had. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.