Lot 174
Christie (Agatha) Hercule Poirot's Christmas, first edition, signed by the author, 1939.
Hammer Price: £9,500
Description
Christie (Agatha) Hercule Poirot's Christmas, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, 3pp. advertisements, a few small patches of soiling to text, original cloth, tips of spine sunned, first state dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light darkening to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, short closed tear running from upper panel top corner, chip and some creasing to head of lower panel, but a bright and very good example overall, 1939.
⁂ Rare signed, we can trace only one other copy at auction. This copy with "were" on p. 162 corrected to "was", allegedly in Christie's hand.
Description
Christie (Agatha) Hercule Poirot's Christmas, first edition, signed by the author on endpaper, 3pp. advertisements, a few small patches of soiling to text, original cloth, tips of spine sunned, first state dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light darkening to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, short closed tear running from upper panel top corner, chip and some creasing to head of lower panel, but a bright and very good example overall, 1939.
⁂ Rare signed, we can trace only one other copy at auction. This copy with "were" on p. 162 corrected to "was", allegedly in Christie's hand.
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