Books published by publisher New York : Dodd, Mead

The novel features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings in their final appearances in Christie's works (see below). Christie wrote the novel in the early 1940s, during World War II. Partly fearing for her own survival, and partly wanting to have a fitting end to Poirot's series of novels, Christie had the novel locked away in a bank vault for over thirty years. The final Poirot novel that Christie wrote, Elephants Can Remember, was published in 1972, followed by Christie's last novel, Postern of Fate. Knowing that she could no longer write any novels, the elderly Christie authorized Curtain's removal from the vault and subsequent publication. It was the last of her books to be published during her lifetime.

OURS HAS A DIFFERENT COVER THAN SHOWN IN STOCK PHOTO. PLEASE SEE OUR SCAN. 1876 HARDCOVER EDITION. NO MARKING OR WRITING NOTED. THE VOLUME HAS A GREEN CLOTH COVER WITH DARK PRINTING AND ILLUSTRATIONS. SOME PAGES ARE LOOSENING, BUT THE BOOK IS INTACT. THERE IS SCUFFING, EDGE WEAR AND FADING ON COVERS AND SPINE. AGE RELATED TANNING OF PAGES WITH SOME DISCOLORATION. MILD MUSTY ODOR.