Agatha Christie — Sparkling Cyanide

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this lesser known novel from eminent crime writer Agatha Christie, with the striking unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this classic mystery novel. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.  Sparkling Cyanide features the last appearance of Christie's recurring character Colonel Race, who sets out to solve the mysterious deaths of a married couple, exactly one year apart. From Agatha Christie, one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers, particularly in the mystery genre, and has been hailed the "Queen of Crime" as a result. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is sound, with loss to the spine head and tail. Light handling marks visible to rear and slight sunning to the spine. Nicks to the heads and tails of the folds. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.