Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
Agatha Christie | The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 1921
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February 4, 02:30 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, New York: John Lane Company, 1921
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 8vo, original decorative brown cloth, lettered and blocked in black, occasional spotting, some rubbing, especially to joints, lower hinge strengthened
Christie’s first novel, and the debut of Hercule Poirot. The American edition was published in 1920.
LITERATURE
Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone
PROVENANCE
The Alexis Galanos Collection