May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 322

Price Realized: $ 2,880
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
CHRISTIE, AGATHA. Ten Little Niggers. 8vo, red cloth stamped in black, slightly cocked, spine ends faded; small corner chip to final 2 text leaves and endpaper; dust jacket, chips at spine panel ends and into front panel affecting lettering, other chips at lower corners and minor edgewear. London, 1939

Additional Details

first english edition of christie's best known work. The controversial title and jacket design was changed when published in America as And Then There Were None and was later reissued as Ten Little Indians. With this title, she began a popular series based on childhood nursery rhymes. It also became the basis for one of the most successful movie adaptations of her books.