ID 1016470
Lot 41 | Evil Under the Sun
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 3 500
Agatha Christie
CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976). Evil Under the Sun. London: for The Crime Club by Collins, 1941.
Presentation copy of the first edition in an excellent unrestored dust-jacket. Inscribed by the author to her secretary, amanuensis and close friend Charlotte ‘Carlo’ Fisher: ‘Carlo from Agatha’. A wonderful association copy. Hubin p. 80.
Octavo. 3 pages of publisher’s advertisements at end. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in black (spine sunned, top edges of boards dust-stained, edges faintly spotted, extremities slightly rubbed); original dust-jacket priced 7s. 6d. supplied from another copy (inch long closed tear to upper panel, chipped with a little loss at head and foot of spine and folds, slightly discoloured and toned). Provenance: Charlotte ‘Carlo’ Fisher (1895-1976, secretary, amanuensis and close friend of Agatha Christie; inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, and with Fisher’s posthumous book label).
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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| Auction house category: | Printed books |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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