They Do it With Mirrors -
Agatha Christie
1952 - Published for The Crime Club by Collins, London - First Edition
An exquisitely bound first edition of this Miss Marple classic, which was the basis for the Emmy-nominated movie ‘Murder with Mirrors’ starring john Mills and Bette Davis
Miss Marple arrives at her friend Carrie’s sprawling estate to find that it’s been turned into a home for delinquent boys. What’s more, Carrie’s children have taken residence. Then a brutal murder occurs and Miss Marple finds that where there’s smoke, there are mirrors. Dame Agatha Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (1890-1976) - the first of the really distinguished women writers in the field of detective fiction.
References: Haycraft, Murder for Pleasure 129. Harpercollins, web. Wagstaff & Poole, A Christie Bibliography, . Cooper & Pike, Detective Fiction, 82-89.
Octavo (binding size 18.6x12.7cm), pp. [4] 192 [2]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in full green morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol, moustache and knitting needles tooled as the four corner-pieces, and all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 112118 Price: HK$ 6,500
Miss Marple arrives at her friend Carrie’s sprawling estate to find that it’s been turned into a home for delinquent boys. What’s more, Carrie’s children have taken residence. Then a brutal murder occurs and Miss Marple finds that where there’s smoke, there are mirrors. Dame Agatha Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (1890-1976) - the first of the really distinguished women writers in the field of detective fiction.
References: Haycraft, Murder for Pleasure 129. Harpercollins, web. Wagstaff & Poole, A Christie Bibliography, . Cooper & Pike, Detective Fiction, 82-89.
Octavo (binding size 18.6x12.7cm), pp. [4] 192 [2]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in full green morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol, moustache and knitting needles tooled as the four corner-pieces, and all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 112118 Price: HK$ 6,500