CHRISTIE, Agatha The Pale Horse. London: Collins.1961
8vo. Original publisher's red cloth boards with black lettering to spine; black, red and blue lettering to dust jacket front panel and spine; loosely inserted snippet of a Collins review entitled 'Gone Native'; pp. [viii], 256; very minimal bumping to head of spine, minor foxing to front pastedown and foreedge; light foxing to back panel, otherwise near fine.
First edition, Crime Club
With the title of The Pale Horse originating from a chapter from the Revelation of St John the Divine “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him...”, the story of this classic novel begins with the death of a young lady and a mysterious list of names discovered in her shoe…
Christened the 'Queen of Mystery', Agatha Christie is revered as the creator of the notirous sleuths; the characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple and she was the author of more than 60 detective novels, making her a staple celebrity in the world of crime.
This particular story is neither directed by Poirot nor Marple but rather narrated by a certain, Mark Easterbrook, who gains information regarding a cult named 'The Pale Horse', The review loosely inserted describes the author as "a particularly English writer producing a uniquely English type of book".
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