Soon after, Ackroyd is murdered and Poirot must come out of retirement to solve the case. Poirot retires to a village near the home of a friend, Roger Ackroyd, to pursue a project to perfect vegetable marrows. It is the third novel to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. ***''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926 in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company. Internally the book is closer to near fine, with no inscriptions and no foxing - very unusual for books from this period. The spine is slightly marked and a little faded, but the lettering is still clear. Head and tail of spine rubbed and creased, with a very small tear at the top of the cloth. The boards are in otherwise good condition, with some wear and tear commensurate to a book that has been handled for over 90 years. The damp staining hardly affects the inner front board and pastedown. Although the book and contents are in very good condition, there is some damp staining to the bottom corner of the front board, and a splash stain to the front board affecting the name 'Agatha'.

***A very good copy in blue cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine and front board. The first impression was published a year earlier in March 1926 with a different design to the boards. Rare second impression of the true first edition of 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', published in March 1927. just the very slightess degree of rubbing to very-face of couple of its corners,note couple of minor paper face pulls to outer surface rear panel.otherwise super sharp' quite unmarked & still extra clean & crisp' overall.,most happy to send full scans on request/please see thumbnail showing.'very lovely copy of this early christie title'.yes budget collectors copy -fairly priced.,price include's a FREE 'Fast' AIR POSTAGE yes thats worldwide'.,plus our QUAILTY PACKAGING. basicly a brand new book,-old shop stock,& a extra-nice item, BOOK orange-red boards are lovely and clean and unmarked with nice even colour.binding very square,super square & tight'.an unread copy of this early 1926 title, yes here in 2011 fasimile edition'.internal pages are super clean & unmarked',yes including the endpapers,which have no writen writing added.DUSTJACKET is very very bright and clean!.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus PLUS.

The murder of roger ackroyd 1926