"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 310; [2], advertisements. Publisher's light brown cloth, titled and decorated in dark brown. Ink name within, contents clean, top edge dusty, others toned, lacks free endpaper, covers a little rubbed, area of discolouration to rear. Presented in a quality facsimile wrapper supplied by the previous owner. An inexpensive copy of a rare book. The fourth of Christie's sixty-six original crime novels, and the first to feature the secret service agent Johnny Race. Item #75648
Price: £2,500.00
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