ID 1028973
Lot 322 | The Passing of Mr. Quinn
Estimate value
£ 1 000 – 1 500
First edition in the rare dust-jacket. This novel by G. Roy McRae (probably a pseudonym) is based on the screenplay of the film The Passing of Mr Quinn which was an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s short story The Coming of Mr Quin. The preface reads: ‘Readers are requested to note that Mr Quinny of this book is the same person as the Mr Quinn of the film.’
Small octavo. 8 pages of publisher’s advertisements at end. Original dark red cloth, upper cover and spine decorated and lettered in gilt (neat repair to upper hinge, lower hinge starting, a few stains to binding, extremities a trifle rubbed); original pictorial dust-jacket (slightly chipped and frayed at edges [mostly to spine ends and ends of folds], upper flap and panel with clean tear neatly repaired with tape on the reverse).
| 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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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | ||||||||
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