NMLP P-000233 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
After the Funeral (US: Funerals Are Fatal)
Agatha Christie · William Collins, Sons (Crime Club), London · 1953
The US Dodd, Mead printing under the variant title Funerals Are Fatal actually appeared a couple of months before the UK Collins edition, so it is chronologically the earliest printed appearance. The UK Collins edition remains the first under Christie's original title After the Funeral; collectors should note the two titles are distinct issues and decide accordingly. Poirot.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000233 for "After the Funeral (US: Funerals Are Fatal)" by Agatha Christie (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000233, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).