 Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition | |
| Author | Agatha Christie |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Margaret Murray |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | September 1974 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 256 first edition, hardcover |
| ISBN | 0-00-231312-X |
| OCLC | 1199438 |
| 823/.9/12 | |
| LC Class | PZ3.C4637 Poj3 PR6005.H66 |
| Preceded by | Elephants Can Remember |
| Followed by | Curtain |
Poirot's Early Cases is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September 1974.[1] The book retailed at £2.25.[1] Although the stories contained within the volume had all appeared in previous US collections, the book also appeared there later in 1974[2][3] under the slightly different title of Hercule Poirot's Early Cases in an edition retailing at $6.95.[3]
In the collection, Christie charts some of the cases from Hercule Poirot's early career, before he was internationally renowned as a detective. All the stories had first been published in periodicals between 1923 and 1935.
- ^ a b Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. Dragonby Press (Second Edition) March 1999 (p. 15)
- ^ Cooper and Pyke. Detective Fiction – the collector's guide: Second Edition (pp. 82, 88) Scholar Press. 1994; ISBN 0-85967-991-8
- ^ a b "American Tribute to Agatha Christie". Home.insightbb.com. Retrieved 4 May 2013.