Easton Press AGATHA CHRISTIE Hercule Poirot Classics Leather Bound Limited VF 6

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Order Today! Fast and Free Priority Shipping (US ONLY) Plenty of bubble wrap to ensure safe transit and on-time reliable delivery. Easton Press , Norwalk CT. 2006 [Leather Bound] Agatha Christie "The Hercule Poirot Classics" Limited Edition Com plete Matching Set [Very Fine] Among the greatest mystery novels of all time. A beautiful set to display in your home library or office. The Guinness Book of World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind Shakespeare's works and the Bible. Cracking case after case with his constantly working "little grey cells," Hercule Poirot is one of the most famous characters ever created. Now, you can enjoy the tiny Belgian detective's best-known adventures in a magnificent leather-bound set. Each volume features a brilliantly restored frontispiece of the original first-edition UK dust jacket art.Easton Press 2006. Norwalk, CT. A six volume complete matching set of Agatha Christie's "Hercule Poirot" classics. Each volume is luxuriously bound in full genuine leather with gilded page edges and silk moire endleaves. A very fine limited edition set without any flaws. Photos of actual set. This is a complete matching set that includes the following volumes: Death on the Nile The Mysterious Affair at Styles Murder on the Orient Express The Murder of Roger Ackroyd The A.B.C. Murders Mystery of the Blue Train Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective, created by Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels, one play (Black Coffee), and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. Poirot has been portrayed on radio, on screen, for films and television, by various actors, including John Moffat. Includes the classic Easton Press qualities: * Premium Leather * Silk Moire Endleaves * Distinctive Cover Design * Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold * Satin Ribbon Page Marker * Gilded Page Edges * Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper * Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability * Beautiful Illustrations About the author. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best known for the 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple, Mr Satterthwaite, and Tommy and Tuppence. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap.Born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, Christie served in a hospital during the First World War, before marrying and starting a family in London. She was initially unsuccessful at getting her work published; but in 1920 The Bodley Head press published her novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring the character of Poirot. This launched her literary career.The Guinness Book of World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books, behind Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, Christie is the most-translated individual author – having been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time. In 1971, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. In 2013, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was voted the best crime novel ever by 600 fellow writers of the Crime Writers' Associ... read more

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