Gorringe's Auctioneers Spring Fine Sale 2022

Lot 7
A manuscript letter from
Agatha Christie to Mrs Elliot
on Pwllywrach notepaper,
one sheet, dated ‘Boxing Day’
together with an envelope
postmarked ‘Glamorgan 27 Dec
63’. “Dear Mrs Elliott / Thanks
for the lovely card! / I thought
I’d better warn you that I and
Mr & Mrs Hicks will probably be
coming down from Jan 6th to
the 9th or 10th ...Best wishes to
you all for 1964 / yours / Agatha
Mallowan”
Lot 8
£150 - 200
A manuscript letter to Mrs
Elliot from Agatha Christie
on Winterbrook House
notepaper, one sheet folded
dated ‘New Years Day’, together
with envelope postmarked
‘Wallingford Berks 1 Jan 1964’.
“Not a happy New Year! / I’ve
just torn up my former letter to
you which I was writing. ... In the
middle of the night cascades of
water came through the ceiling
of Mr & Mrs Scaldwell’s room
& right down to the kitchen -
soaked everything. ...best wishes
to you and her for 1964 / Yours
Agatha Mallowan”
Lot 9
£200 - 300
A manuscript letter from
Agatha Christie to Mrs Elliot
on Greenway notepaper,
one sheet folded, dated Sept.
15th, together with envelope
postmarked ‘Brixham 17 Sep
1976’. “Dear Jane / I am so very
glad to hear you are home again
- I have been worrying quite a
lot about you - and even more
about the children - ...A happy
home mean more to a child than
material advantage, education,
ponies, toys or any of these
things. / My love to you & all
the family - & good luck - yours
Agatha Mallowan”
£400 - 600
Lot 10
° Christie, Agatha - Death
Comes At The End, 1st edition,
8vo, cloth, with d/j, Greenway
House copy, W. Collins, London,
1945
Lot 11
£150 - 200
A Tibetan bronze Purba,
17th/18th century, the triangular
section blade emerging from the
mouth of a mythological beast,
18cm
Lot 12
£500 - 700
° Christie, Agatha - Dead Man’s
Folly, 1957, 8vo., cloth, owner’s
name on front free endpaper
‘Jane M. Elliott’ and signed
‘Agatha Christie’. Greenway
House copy, The Book Club,
London, 1957
Lot 13
£200 - 300
° Christie, Agatha - Hercule
Poirot Master Detective N.Y.
1936, 8vo, cloth, Greenway
House copy, Dodd, Mead & Co,
New York, 1936
Lot 14
£300 - 400
A group of three colour
photographs, each with an
inscription in pen below: ‘Lady
Mallowan & Sir Max, Greenway
August 1970; ‘John Angela
Mathew Alexandra & Lady
Mallowan, Greenway House
- Aug 70’ and ‘The Hope of
Greenway’ on the Dart. Aug.
1970’, mounted on two sheets of
card, each photo approx. 12.5 x
9cm with margins
£80 - 120
Lot 15
A manuscript letter from
Agatha Christie to Mrs Elliot
on Winterbrook House
notepaper, one sheet folded,
dated March 6th, together
with an envelope postmarked
‘Wallingford Berks. 6 Mch 1964’.
“I don’t know if Mrs Hicks told
you that they are coming down
on March 11th - I am coming
down too - probably by car
...News and plans when we
meet. Hope your mother is
all right again / Yours Agatha
Mallowan ‘Get what you think
necessary in and a veal and
ham pie and perhaps some filet
steaks?”
Lot 16
£200 - 300
A manuscript letter from
Agatha Christie to Mrs
Elliot on Winterbrook
House notepaper, one sheet,
dated ‘July 19th’, together
with envelope postmarked
‘Wallingford Berks 20 July 1968’.
“Dear Jane / Very nice to know
you are with us at Greenway.
I really didn’t have much time
when I saw Mrs Hicks last
week in Oxford as we were in
the middle of a party! ..Looking
forward to seeing you very much
/ yours A. Mallowan”
Lot 17
£180 - 240
A manuscript letter from
Agatha Christie to Mrs Elliot
on Winterbrook House
notepaper, two headed sheets,
dated July 4th, together with an
envelope postmarked ‘London
4 July 1962’. “Dear Mrs Elliot
/ I believe Mrs Guggs is away
on holiday, but last time she
spoke to me on the telephone
she seemed to think that all was
more or less fixed for Summer
......Hope you ae well & give my
love to Nicola and Cherry / Yours
Agatha Mallowan”
£180 - 240
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