Lot 49 ° Christie, Agatha - Hickory Dickory Dock, 1st edition, 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper, (presentation inscription on front free endpaper ‘For James / with love from / Agatha / Oct.1955’). This seems likely to be an inscription either to the author’s brother-in-law or nephew, both named James Watts. Greenway House copy, W. Collins for The Crime Club, London 1955 Lot 50 £1,000 - 1,500 ° Christie, Agatha - Death In The Clouds, 1st edition, 8vo, cloth (front free endpaper signed ‘Love from / Ange’). The indistinct signature appears to be ‘Punkie’ which was Agatha Christie’s nickname for her elder sister, Madge. Greenway House copy, W. Collins for The Crime Club, London, 1935 Lot 51 £600 - 900 ° Raspe, Rudolph Erich - The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, illustrated with 10 coloured plates by Alfred Crowquill, London 1859, octavo, cloth gilt Lot 52 £40 - 60 A 19th century rosewood and Tunbridgeware box, of square form, the hinged lid with ‘tumbling cube’ design within a Berlin work border, 15.5cm Lot 53 £100 - 150 A 19th century rosewood and Tunbridgeware dressing table stand, fitted with a pair of cut glass scent bottles, having hinged lid enclosing a removable tray, decorated with bands of geometric and Berlinwork inlay, on bun feet, 22cm wide (a.f.) £200 - 300 Lot 54 ° Christie, Agatha - Ten Little Niggers, 1st edition, cloth with facsimile d/j, repair to front inner hinge, The Crime Club, London, 1939 Lot 55 £300 - 500 ° Christie, Agatha - A Murder is Announced, 1st edition, cloth, in unclipped d/j, The Crime Club, London, 1950 Lot 56 £200 - 300 ° Christie, Agatha - They do it with Mirrors, 1st edition, cloth, with clipped d/j, The Crime Club, London, 1952 Lot 57 £100 - 150 ° Christie, Agatha - Two works - After the Funeral, 1st edition, cloth, in clipped d/j The Crime Club, London, 1953 and Destination Unknown, 1st edition, cloth, in unclipped d/j, The Crime Club, London, 1954 (2) Lot 58 £150 - 200 ° Christie, Agatha - Two works - Hickory Dickory Dock, 1st edition, cloth, in unclipped d/j, The Crime Club, London, 1956 and Dead Mans Folly, 1st edition, cloth, in unclipped d/j, presentation inscription to front fly leaf, The Crime Club, London, 1956 (2) Lot 59 £150 - 200 ° Christie, Agatha - Three works - The Pale Horse, 1st edition, cloth, in clipped d/j, with presentation inscription to front fly leaf, The Crime Club, London, 1961; The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, cloth, in unclipped d/j, The Book Club, London, 1962 and At Bertram’s Hotel, cloth, in unclipped d/j, The Book Club, London, 1965 Lot 60 £150 - 200 ° Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir - Autograph letter, 1 p, 8vo, from Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere, dated 24.XI.1902, to an unknown recipient, - ‘’Dear Sir, Very many thanks for your kind thought of me and the excellent razor strap you and your son have been so good as to send. I have no doubt but that it’s use will materially add to the comfort of existence. Yours faithfully, Arthur Conan Doyle’’, together with 2 printed copies of his last will and testament (undated) (3) Lot 61 £300 - 500 ° Christie, Agatha - The Listerdale Mystery, 1st edition, front fly leaf inscribed ‘’To C.T [Dr. Reginald Campbell Thompson, Oxford professor of Assyriology (1876-1941] from Agatha Christie, 8vo, cloth, spine sunned, back board mildewed, Collins, London, 1934 Lot 62 £400 - 600 ° Christie, Agatha - The A.B.C Murders, 1st edition, front fly leaf inscribed [to Dr. Reginald Campbell Thompson, Oxford Professor of Assyriology (1878- 1941] - ‘’Once again a tale is submitted to a critic who’s most fitted to exclaim ‘’This seems to me just as plain as A.B.C’’, A.C.’’, 8vo, cloth, spine sunned and bumped, The Crime Club, London, 1936 £800 - 1,200 18
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