Agatha Christie – Nemesis – First UK Edition 1971 – With Hand-Written Letter From Joan Hickson

Nemesis

Agatha Christie – Nemesis – First UK Edition 1971 – With Hand-Written Letter From Joan Hickson

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£600.00

First edition, first printing. Published by Collins Crime Club in London, 1971. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper has some mild scratches throughout and some mild wear at the corners. There is a medium chip to the front panel and some creasing to the top edge. It has not been price clipped and retains the £1.50 net price. The boards are free from notable wear but with a slight bump at the top of the spine. The text blocks are markedly clean and free from foxing. Overall, this is a very good copy.

First edition, first printing. Published by Collins Crime Club in London, 1971. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper has some mild scratches throughout and some mild wear at the corners. It has been price clipped. The boards are free from notable wear but with a slight bump at the top of the spine and some spotting to the page edges. Previous owner’s name and date to the front endpaper. Overall, this is a very good copy.
Accompanied by an ALS (on headed notepaper) with envelope from Joan Hickson to a Mrs Smith. The letter reads: ‘29.2.87./Dear Mrs Smith/Thank you for your kind/letter to me. We are all sad that/Miss Marple has come to an end, except/ for me on Christmas Day./ Have a lovely 94th year!/From Yours Sincerely/Joan Hickson.
Miss Marple first encounters Jason Rafiel in A Caribbean Mystery, where they solve a mystery. In his will, Rafiel leaves another mystery for Miss Marple to solve. ‘Nemesis’ was the final episode in Hickson’s series of films for television, broadcast on 25th December 1987.

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First edition, first printing. Published by Collins Crime Club in London, 1971. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper has some mild scratches throughout and some mild wear at the corners. It has been price clipped. The boards are free from notable wear but with a slight bump at the top of the spine and some spotting to the page edges. Previous owner’s name and date to the front endpaper. Overall, this is a very good copy.
Accompanied by an ALS (on headed notepaper) with envelope from Joan Hickson to a Mrs Smith. The letter reads: ‘29.2.87./Dear Mrs Smith/Thank you for your kind/letter to me. We are all sad that/Miss Marple has come to an end, except/ for me on Christmas Day./ Have a lovely 94th year!/From Yours Sincerely/Joan Hickson.
Miss Marple first encounters Jason Rafiel in A Caribbean Mystery, where they solve a mystery. In his will, Rafiel leaves another mystery for Miss Marple to solve. ‘Nemesis’ was the final episode in Hickson’s series of films for television, broadcast on 25th December 1987.