They Do it With Mirrors.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976).

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full 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, all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. Internally clean and bright. A fine copy in a handsome leather binding. 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. Published as 'Murder With Mirrors' in the USA. Basis for the Emmy-nominated movie starring John Mills and Bette Davis. Item #60810

Price: £375.00