The Mystery of the Blue Train.

Fontana - Collins, 1976-01-01. Late Impression. 1976.. Paperback.. VG+/GD+/ND. Box X42 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 27th.* Date of Publication: 1976 (1928/58) * Publisher: Fontana Collins.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing a lock of hair, a cigarette case with page from a passport as a background. Black titles to spine & face, slightly creased spine strip. No shelf wear to edges, or to head of spine, slight to tail. Light marks & creases to covers. GD++.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Some age darkening and marks to all edges especially to top. VG+ * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 220 pp. text. ivpp. Ads at rear.* Product Description:- A varied group of people including Hercule Poirot are on board a French train bound for the French Riviera. Overnight, wealthy heiress, Ruth Kettering, is killed and a rare jewel disappears. The protagonists involved in the mystery include the Heiress' father and his secretary, Major Richard Knighton, who were supposed to be in Paris at the time of the murder and not on the train. Poirot re-enacts the journey and uncovers the killer proving that the French Gendarmerie have got it wrong. This title was first published in the UK as a book by William Collins and Sons in March 1929.* This is a NEAR VG++ late impression copy of the 1st thus. with some age & wear reducing it to GD++.* 0