Death Comes as The End.

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

London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Elegantly hand-bound in half mid-blue calf over cloth boards, lettered in gilt to the spine, five raised bands ruled in blind, original cloth covers preserved at rear. A few light reading marks within else contents clean; exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. A groundbreaking novel in which Christie anticipates the modern popularity of historical detective stories by setting her murder plot in ancient Egypt. The book was fully researched, with each chapter scrutinised by leading Egyptologist Prof. Stephen Glanville, who was a colleague of the author's husband, British Museum archaeologist Max Mallowan. Christie accompanied the pair on many excavations and travelled extensively throughout Egypt and the Holy Land. She had a great knowledge of the area and was a junior member of the archaeology team. 'Death Comes as the End' is one of several of her books set in the Middle East. Other classics include 'Murder on the Orient Express' (Syria, 1934), 'Murder in Mesopotamia' (Iraq, 1936), 'Death on the Nile' (Egypt, 1937), 'Appointment with Death' (Jerusalem, 1938), and 'They Came to Baghdad' (Iraq, 1951). Item #70768

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