Lot 172
Christie (Agatha) The Mysterious Mr Quin, first edition, 1930.
Hammer Price: £9,000
Description
Christie (Agatha) The Mysterious Mr Quin, first edition, some scattered spotting to fore-edge, first and last few pp., neat ink ownership inscription and some light browning to endpapers, original cloth, minor rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, else fine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light sunning to spine, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some neat restoration to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, in effect an excellent example of a rare and delicate dust-jacket, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1930.
⁂ We can trace only a handful of copies in the dust-jacket at auction. Agatha Christie's third collection of short stories, featuring the semi-supernatural figure Mr Harley Quin.
Description
Christie (Agatha) The Mysterious Mr Quin, first edition, some scattered spotting to fore-edge, first and last few pp., neat ink ownership inscription and some light browning to endpapers, original cloth, minor rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, else fine, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, light sunning to spine, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some neat restoration to lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, in effect an excellent example of a rare and delicate dust-jacket, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1930.
⁂ We can trace only a handful of copies in the dust-jacket at auction. Agatha Christie's third collection of short stories, featuring the semi-supernatural figure Mr Harley Quin.