Agatha Christie – Destination Unknown – First UK Edition 1954 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED
£7,500.00
A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1954. A fine book in near fine unclipped wrapper with a little handling to the rear panel. Inscribed on the front free endpaper – ‘James/with love from/Agatha/Nov. 54’ The book, initially sold in 2006 at the Greenway sale was Christie’s personal book, signed to her nephew James Watt. The contemporaneous inscription is rare and the use of the first name only shows the intimacy with the inscribee.
The novel opens in Morocco, where Hilary Craven is staying after a failed marriage. She plans to commit suicide, but is instead recruited by the British secret service for a mission. She is asked to impersonate the wife of a nuclear scientist who has recently disappeared. Hilary is soon transported to meet her new “husband”.
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A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1954. A fine book in near fine unclipped wrapper with a little handling to the rear panel. Inscribed on the front free endpaper – ‘James/with love from/Agatha/Nov. 54’ The book, initially sold in 2006 at the Greenway sale was Christie’s personal book, signed to her nephew James Watt. The contemporaneous inscription is rare and the use of the first name only shows the intimacy with the inscribee.
The novel opens in Morocco, where Hilary Craven is staying after a failed marriage. She plans to commit suicide, but is instead recruited by the British secret service for a mission. She is asked to impersonate the wife of a nuclear scientist who has recently disappeared. Hilary is soon transported to meet her new “husband”.
