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CHRISTIE (AGATHA)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, FIRST EDITION, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1921

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CHRISTIE (AGATHA)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles, FIRST EDITION, half-title, early ownership inscription on front free endpaper, publisher's brown cloth stamped in black, upper joint split, 8vo, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1921

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First edition of the author's first book and the debut of Hercule Poirot.

Provenance: Contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper.

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