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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas and 6 others

Lot 354
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 354 | Hercule Poirot’s Christmas and 6 others
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A group of seven volumes, comprising:

CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976). Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. London: for The Crime Club by Collins, 1939.
First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black (spine ends a little sunned, dampstain to top edge of upper board, edges a little spotted); original dust-jacket priced 7s. 6d. (spine sunned, two small chips to head of spine with loss to one letter, a few nicks, stain to top edge of upper panel).

– Poirot and the Regatta Mystery. London: Vallancey Press Limited, 1943.
First edition: an excellent copy. Octavo. Original pictorial stapled card boards (extremities slightly rubbed).

– Third Girl. London: for The Crime Club by Collins, 1966.
First edition, signed by the author. Octavo. (A few marginal marks.) Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt (small stain on fore-edge); original pictorial dust-jacket (price-clipped).

– The Man in the Brown Suit. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924.
First edition of Christie's fourth book. Octavo. 1 leaf of ads at end (minor marks, numerous corners creased). Original grey-brown cloth (lacking the dust-jacket as usual, spine a little darkened, endpapers browned, textblock split between pp.192-193, extremities faintly rubbed, a few stains).

– The Witness for the Prosecution and other stories. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1948].
First edition. Octavo. Original grey boards, lettered on spine and with publisher’s seal in red on upper cover; original pictorial dust-jacket (spine ends lightly frayed, a few short closed marginal tears, extremities faintly rubbed).

– Black Coffee. A Play in Three Acts. London: Alfred Ashley and Son, 1934.
First edition, a very good copy of Christie’s first play. Octavo. (Some stains at lower margin, a few corners dog-eared). Original orange card wrappers printed in black, ‘Baker’s Plays’ label to upper cover and ‘Royalty Notice’ label on title verso (light soiling, small chip to one corner).

CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976) and E. Phillips OPPENHEIM (1866-1946). The Under Dog [And:] Blackman’s Wood. London: The Readers Library, [1929].
First edition. Small octavo. Original burgundy cloth, spine and upper board lettered and decorated in gilt; original pictorial dust-jacket (one short closed tear, faint rubbing, a few tiny spots).

Place of origin:United Kingdom
Auction house category:Printed books
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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