ID 1029000
Lot 349 | Cat Among the Pigeons
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
First edition in a very good dust-jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed in the month before publication by the author to her secretary, amanuensis and close friend Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher: 'Carlo from Agatha Oct. 1959'. This book was officially published on 2 November. Hubin p. 79.
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black (slight spotting to endpapers and edges, spine sunned and a little marked); original dust-jacket supplied from another copy with photographic portrait of the author on the lower panel captioned 'Agatha Christie | The Queen of Crime' (chipped at ends of spine and folds, extremities and lower panel rubbed and dust-stained). Provenance: Charlotte 'Carlo' Fisher (1895-1976, secretary, amanuensis and close friend of Agatha Christie; presentation inscription by the author on front free endpaper, and with Fisher’s posthumous book label).
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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