CHRISTIE, Agatha. Ten Little Niggers . London: Collins for The Crime Club, [1939]. 8 o. 2-page publisher's advertisement at end. Original cloth (leaned, soiled, spine faded). Provenance : S.R.K. Glanwith (ownership signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For leisure moments (if any!) Agatha Christie April 23 r d 1941". While the reading could be leisurely, Christie herself struggled immmensely with this book's intricate plot: "[it] was well received and reviewed, but the person who was really pleased with it was myself, for I knew better than any critic how difficult it had been." ( Autobiography , 1977). The American title is And Then There Were None . [ With ]: Typed letter signed ("Agatha Christie") to Mr. and Mrs. Searle, Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Berkshire, 24 July 1959. 1 page, small 4to , very light browning to edges, with one manuscript correction. Christie politely declines to send a photograph: "I have always felt that there is really no point in seeing what authors, composers or painters look like!" and deplores the use of author photographs on books. (2)
CHRISTIE, Agatha. Ten Little Niggers . London: Collins for The Crime Club, [1939]. 8 o. 2-page publisher's advertisement at end. Original cloth (leaned, soiled, spine faded). Provenance : S.R.K. Glanwith (ownership signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For leisure moments (if any!) Agatha Christie April 23 r d 1941". While the reading could be leisurely, Christie herself struggled immmensely with this book's intricate plot: "[it] was well received and reviewed, but the person who was really pleased with it was myself, for I knew better than any critic how difficult it had been." ( Autobiography , 1977). The American title is And Then There Were None . [ With ]: Typed letter signed ("Agatha Christie") to Mr. and Mrs. Searle, Winterbrook House, Wallingford, Berkshire, 24 July 1959. 1 page, small 4to , very light browning to edges, with one manuscript correction. Christie politely declines to send a photograph: "I have always felt that there is really no point in seeing what authors, composers or painters look like!" and deplores the use of author photographs on books. (2)
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