Christie (Agatha) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, first edition, some light scattered spotting or foxing, bookplate to pastedown, original blue cloth lettered and lined in orange, very light sunning and small mark to spine, light rubbing and bumping to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, upper panel and half of spine supplied in excellent facsimile, retouching and repairs to spine, lower panel and flaps, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1926.

⁂ A presentable and affordable example of one of the rarest of Christie dust-jackets. With the lower panel, flaps and part of spine the original and upper panel and remainder of spine in facsimile.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is both a key Christie title and an important landmark in the history of detective fiction. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone with an entertaining and controversial twist.