by Agatha Christie
First American edition in first state dust jacket
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1930. First American edition in first state dust jacket. [vi], 319 pp. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth stamped in darker green, map endpapers. Near Fine with foxing to textblock edges and small stain to upper edge. In a Very Good first state dust jacket without a price; with sunned spine panel, light soiling, and short tears and creasing to upper edge. Sharp vertical crease to spine panel beginning to split at head and tail. An attractive copy of Miss Marple's first appearance in a novel.