The Seven Dials Mystery -
Agatha Christie
1929 - W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London - First Edition
Exquisitely bound first edition of this country-house mystery, being a sequel to ‘The Secret of Chimneys’.
This was the second of five novels featuring Police Superintendent Battle, an ally of detectives Hercule Poirot and Colonel Johnny Race. ‘This is only the second novel that Agatha Christie wrote after her divorce from her first husband, Archie, and she commented “I was gaining confidence over my writing now. I felt that I would have no difficulty in producing a book every year, and possibly a few short stories as well.” She found "light-hearted thriller type" novels easy to write as they didn't require too much plotting or planning compared to say her previous book The Mystery of the Blue Train. With The Seven Dials Mystery, Christie looked back to her earliest writing and revived the popular Lady "Bundle" Brent and her associates from The Secret of Chimneys.‘
First published in London by William Collins & Sons on 24 January 1929 and in New York by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.
References: Wagstaff & Poole, A Christie Bibliography, 153. Agatha Christie, web. Agatha Christy Fandom, web.
Octavo (binding size 19x13cm), pp. vi 276 [6 (publisher’s catalogue)]. Elegantly bound in full black oasis morocco, red lettering in spine and upper boards which have a single filet red border, in the style of the original Collins binding, twinned cream endpapers, all edges gilt. Black cloth slipcase with matching grey felt base pad. Condition: Fine but for a few small spots in fine binding. Ref: 112430 Price: HK$ 17,000
This was the second of five novels featuring Police Superintendent Battle, an ally of detectives Hercule Poirot and Colonel Johnny Race. ‘This is only the second novel that Agatha Christie wrote after her divorce from her first husband, Archie, and she commented “I was gaining confidence over my writing now. I felt that I would have no difficulty in producing a book every year, and possibly a few short stories as well.” She found "light-hearted thriller type" novels easy to write as they didn't require too much plotting or planning compared to say her previous book The Mystery of the Blue Train. With The Seven Dials Mystery, Christie looked back to her earliest writing and revived the popular Lady "Bundle" Brent and her associates from The Secret of Chimneys.‘
First published in London by William Collins & Sons on 24 January 1929 and in New York by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.
References: Wagstaff & Poole, A Christie Bibliography, 153. Agatha Christie, web. Agatha Christy Fandom, web.
Octavo (binding size 19x13cm), pp. vi 276 [6 (publisher’s catalogue)]. Elegantly bound in full black oasis morocco, red lettering in spine and upper boards which have a single filet red border, in the style of the original Collins binding, twinned cream endpapers, all edges gilt. Black cloth slipcase with matching grey felt base pad. Condition: Fine but for a few small spots in fine binding. Ref: 112430 Price: HK$ 17,000